Elders Speak: A New Dawn for Women in Kenya

This guide explores women’s land rights through the lens of Ethiopian Christianity, drawing on Biblical texts, legal frameworks, and field evidence from Tigray, SWEPR, and Amhara regions. It aims to equip Church leaders to advocate for gender justice and influence customary norms within their communities.

Consolata Kibiki, a resident of Ikongosi Juu Village in Tanzania’s Mufindi District, shares what many women around the globe have experienced for decades, due to socio-cultural norms that discriminate against women’s access, ownership, and control of productive resources like land.

On April 28, Landesa organized the launch of land formalization for Togba Nyakon Clan. This marked an important step forward on a journey begun in 2018, when Liberia adopted the national Land Rights Act, granting land rights for rural communities for the first time in the history of the West African nation.