South African women's struggle for land
Yet another example of why equal rights for women are critical in addressing global poverty!
SA women’s struggle for land
Late former president Nelson Mandela’s ex wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela made headlines on Tuesday, when details about her fight for the right to own the family’s Qunu homestead emerged. Her battle highlights that of many SA women to own land
By Bulelwa Dayimani
August 7, 2014
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Women are now starting to dominate boardrooms and play vital leadership roles in politics, business and society. This upward trend should have extended to owning more land, but it hasn’t – not in South Africa, nor in most other parts of the continent.
In 2011 it was reported that women produce 80% of food in developing African countries, but only own 1% of land.
In 1992 the Land Policy was amended to ensure that women gain equal access to land and participate in policy formulation and decision-making.
Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, an attorney at The Women’s Legal Centre says owning land is an important tool to empower women, as female-headed households in South Africa are ranked the poorest....
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