African women want official data on farmland ownership across the continent
Women from 22 African nations are calling for official data collection on female farmland ownership to improve food security. Advocates argue that empowering rural women through land rights is essential for the continent's agricultural development.
Why it matters
Addressing gender inequality in land ownership is a critical step toward sustainable development and poverty reduction in rural Africa.
ARUSHA: AFRICAN African Women from 22 countries across the continent have pointed out the need for all nations to start compiling data on land ownership among female farmers in villages.
“It is high time that official data indicating how many rural women in Africa have so far managed or empowered to own land across the continent,” stated Ms Eva Mageni Daudi the Chairperson of the African Kilimanjaro Rural Women Farmers Forum.
On her part, Anna Sangai from the Tanzania Gender Network Programme (TGNP) admitted that, data regarding women land ownership is missing all over Africa despite the fact that a special initiative to that effect was launched in 2016,
Rural Women from 22 African Nations are currently gathering in Arusha to commemorate the 10th Year Anniversary of the Mount Kilimanjaro campaign advocating for women land ownership rights across the continent.
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