SYNTHESIS REPORT: AN OVERVIEW OF ACTION-RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR SECURING WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND IN EASTERN AFRICA

SECURING WOMEN’S ACCESS TO LAND IN EASTERN AFRICA

Women need secure land access in order to produce food for their families, improve their welfare and participate in economic activities. Women’s secure access to land improves the chances that the countries involved will meet millennium development goals. The project aimed to:

• support action-oriented research projects in producing credible evidence in sub-Saharan Africa through a small grants programme jointly coordinated by the sub- regional research institutions;
• influence the formulation and implementation of policies relevant to women’s access to and control over land in sub-Saharan Africa, through advocacy based on research results; and
• refine the research and action agendas on women’s access to and control over land by strengthening multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships at the global level.