Participants at the conference/SDIGREENVILLE, SINOE – A group whose goal is to protect and promote the rights of women in Southeastern Liberia was formed at the end of a regional women’s conference in Greenville, Sinoe County recently. “We, the delegates attending this conference commit ourselves to act collectively to foster women’s rights in the region recognizing that effective implementation of the land rights laws, especially the provision on women’s rights will be crucial in ensuring protection for women’s rights to use, management and ownership of land,” the resolution read. The Land Rights Act was praised across the world for recognizing women’s ownership of land when it was passed into law last year. The project should have ended in 2018but was extended for an additional one year after the enactment of the new land law. It has two objectives: to increase rural communities understanding on the land rights law and strengthen rural communities’ ownership and control over their customary lands and resources.

Source: Front Page Africa December 26, 2019 22:52 UTC