What is stopping women in Africa from inheriting land?
Women own less than 10% of the land in Africa, we look at the reasons why
Africa Daily · BBC World Service
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
The ownership of land is central to our food production, our financial security, and our sense of identity.
But in Africa most women do not inherit or own land, despite laws that often provide for their right to do so.
Alan Kasujja finds out what is stopping women from inheriting land with the help of Esther Mwaura-Muiru, the Global Advocacy Director for the ‘Stand For Her Land’ Campaign, and Bankolay Theodore Turay, a researcher on women’s land rights in Sierra Leone.