- The trend of women registering land is increasing at a slow speed
- There's need to review all land related laws
- Encourage women to register their land
Sarah Kulata Basangwa, the ex-lands commissioner at the ministry lands, housing and urban development says there is more need by both government and stakeholders to encourage women to register their land in their names if they have capacity to buy one or inherit.
Basangwa, who was speaking during the 3rd national women’s land rights conference, has noted the foremost method of protecting land women’s rights through registration.
According to her the trend of women registering land is increasing at a slow speed since 1993 and By 2000 studies showed that women land holding was at 16 %, and now has perhaps reached to 20%
Is depending only on land Sustainable? Land should be used as a spring board for women's empowerment. Women land owners and users should harness the benefits of practices such as value addition, use of technology so that owning land becomes more meaningful #WomenLandRights2021 pic.twitter.com/atufo3LMvJ
— Uganda Women's Network (@uwonet) August 12, 2021
‘Protection of women land rights should be seen in light of overall protection enshrined in article 33 of the constitution where the state pledges to accord full and equal dignity of men and women’.Basangwa
In her closing remarks, Ms Naomi Kabanda, the Ag. Director land management at the ministry of lands housing and urban development says the government through ministry of lands is going to sensibly study the report from the two day third National women’s land rights conference to come up with action plan.
Among the key recommendations highlighted in the virtual conference includes, the need to review all land related laws, the need to enhance land rights for women especially in the refuges hosting district, indigenous and minority groups and co-ha biting partners among others.
The conference organized by Action Aid , land net and other partners is under the theme ‘’Tracking progress of women’s right to land in Uganda and implication to national social economic transformation'' has attracted over 300 participants from various institutions.