The talk presents insights from the participatory action research project “Women’s Right to Communal Land” that started 2020 with four grassroots organizations in East and West Africa, in collaboration with Coventry University and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. Most development actors promote land titling and individual land ownership for more gender equality. The project highlights the importance of protecting and recognising communal land ownership, securing access to land for women and youth within these systems.
Stefanie Lemke is professor, head of the Institute for Development Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. Areas of work: human right to adequate food/nutrition, sustainable food systems, gender, intersectionality, women’s rights.
Im Rahmen der 19. Entwicklungspolitischen Hochschulwochen Salzburg: Auftaktveranstaltung.
