{"id":9538,"date":"2023-07-25T11:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T11:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=9538"},"modified":"2023-07-25T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:05:20","slug":"govt-committed-to-protect-women-land-rights-minister-nabakooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/govt-committed-to-protect-women-land-rights-minister-nabakooba\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt Committed to Protect Women Land Rights-Minister Nabakooba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lands Minister Nabakooba talking to the media <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


By Our Reporter<\/strong> \u00a0

The government of Uganda is committed to the promotion and protection of women land rights to ensure equitable national economic \u00a0growth and development ,Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has stated . \u00a0 \u00a0

Nabakooba was presiding over the \u00a0opening ceremony of \u00a0a five-day Regional Workshop for Catholic and non-Catholic actors organized at Kampala Kolping Hotel in Kampala \u00a0to devise means to support advocacy for Women’s Land Rights. \u00a0

The Minister said that government is aware of the challenges women face in accessing and owning land and it is putting in place mechanism to protect women land rights . \u00a0

\u201cGovernment has made considerable progress in designing and implementing measures to eliminate \u00a0discrimination against women in the land sector. The legal and policy frameworks are designed \u00a0to improve women\u2019s access to and control over land and address gender inequalities prevalent in Ugandan society,\u201d she stated . \u00a0

The Minister said Uganda is a signatory to the United Nations Convention \u00a0on Elimination against Discrimination of Women (CEDAW) protected under article 14 . \u00a0

As a result \u00a0government is required to report on the situation of rural women and which steps are being taken \u00a0to address the prevalence of negative customs and traditional practices that prevent women from inheriting or acquiring ownership of land and other property. \u00a0

Nabakooba said that government together with other Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states have developed an action plan to address issues of Women’s land rights reciting the implementation of the Kilimanjaro Declaration on actualizing women\u2019s land rights in \u00a0Africa (2016). \u00a0

The minister regretted to note that well as 52 % of Uganda \u2018s population are female and 48% male, land ownership by females currently stands at only 20%. \u00a0

\u201cThe National Resistance Movement (NRM) government shall continue investing in the registration of \u00a0women\u2019s land rights to economically empower them to ensure food security and improved livelihoods,\u201d she \u00a0pledged. \u00a0

Nabakooba \u00a0lauded the catholic institutions for empowering women in Uganda through the Communal Land Associations where women\u2019s representation on average stands at 59%.

The Bishop of Masaka Diocese Serverus Jjumba \u00a0urged Ugandans to embrace the advocacy to create equity \u00a0in land ownership. \u00a0

\u201cThe women are the breadwinners according to our culture. She is expected to produce food to feed the \u00a0family. If she gets ownership of the land, she will get motivated and work harder,\u201d he said. \u00a0

Dr. Emmanuel Aliba Kiiza, National Executive Secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, noted \u00a0that women are marginalized when it comes to ownership.

\u201cThe women are somehow marginalized by our culture and they do not inherit land. We are beginning a process here in Uganda to advocate for the rights of ownership of land by women. \u201d \u00a0<\/strong>

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong>
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