Gender Equality and Women’s Rights to Land in Uganda: A Long-Term Campaign

Abstract

This paper discusses how feminist theories have been applied in the explanation of gender-based issues and how feminist activists develop different approaches and measures to address these issues. The paper discusses the challenges faced by women in Uganda in accessing land independently and the patriarchal lineage in land ownership patterns which heavily rely on women's relationships with their husband's family and clan. The paper also highlights the efforts of advocacy coalitions such as The Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) and the Uganda Women's Network (UWONET) in promoting women's property rights in the Ugandan Land Act Reform. By tracking the progress of Ugandan women activists' campaign to demand women's rights to land, the paper emphasizes the important role of feminist theories in forming their activism and underscores the need for pragmatic gender equality policies to bridge the existing gender gap.