The Impact of National Land Policy and Land Reform on Women in Uganda

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), a Geneva-based international housing rights watchdog, released a “report card” examining Uganda’s national land policy and land reform processes and their impact on women. The findings in the report are based, among other things, on a survey of women in the districts of Kapchorwa, Luweero and Kampala. One of the main findings of the study was that while there have been many advances in land reform in Uganda that grant women legal rights, custom and practice are still lagging behind the law, leading to a regular violation of women’s land rights.

Location: Uganda

Author(s): COHRE , WLLA

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