Sustainable Development: Women in Tanzania are fighting for equal rights
By Deodatus Mfugale
REHEMA 01: Rehema Mkakilwa, one of the girls in Utosi Village of Mufindi District in Iringa Region. She has managed to persuade her father to give her a land. Thanks to efforts by CSOs working on landrights, she now owns it. In most of the communities in Iringa Region, girls have no right to own land. Photo credit: JET
In Asha Kadgo, a Land Tights Monitor in Uhambingeto Village in Kilolo District of Iringa Region in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands. Land Rights Monitors help to resolve land-based conflicts in their communities, provide paralegal guidance and raise awareness on landrights in their communities.
Kissa Nyakunga, a Land Rights Monitor in Ukelemi Village of Mufindi District in Iringa Region- Photo credit: JET