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IGAD endorsed Regional Women’s Land Rights Agenda

On 28 July 2021, the Ministers responsible for Lands and the Ministers responsible for Gender/Women Affairs from the IGAD Member States made history, when they as a Regional Economic Community put closing of the gender gap on land at the center of the Region’s Development Agenda. The IGAD Regional Women’s Land Rights Agenda was endorsed with the presence of 11 of the 14 ministers expected to be present at the event.

The Regional Women’s Land Rights Agenda is a framework document that will enable IGAD Secretariat provide the necessary support to its Member States in implementing gender and land projects for the next 10 years.

Click here to read the IGAD’s Women’s Land Rights Agenda

Click here to read the document with the outcomes of the IGAD Regional Women’s Land Rights Conference

Click here to read more information on IGAD’s website