Land grabbing in rural Zambia is emerging as a growing concern, particularly for smallholder farmers and vulnerable rural women who depend on customary land for their livelihoods and homes. The…
On August 12–13, 2026, LANDESA, through its “Stand for Her Land” campaign, organized a symposium at Morena Hotel in Dodoma, where the Tanzania Rural Women Assembly had the opportunity to…
Recently the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly (SRWA) stood alongside one of our sister, a widow, at the High Court as she faced a land dispute with her brother-in-law. After the…
July was a month of action, learning and solidarity as members of the Rural Women's Assembly South Africa continued to advance the #OneWomanOneHectare campaign through agroecology, collective action and community…
Rural Women Assembly Zimbabwe through Women and Land in Zimbabwe (WLZ) took a bold and transformative message to the global stage at the 2026 Women Deliver Conference in Melbourne, where…
The Rural Women’s Assembly, in collaboration with the Trust for Community Outreach and Education (TCOE), convened a regional webinar to commemorate the International Day of Peasant Struggles, bringing together a…
Land remains one of the most contentious and sensitive issues in Zimbabwe, particularly for rural women whose livelihoods, identity, and dignity are deeply tied to it. Despite constitutional guarantees on…
Across Lesotho, rural women are rising to reclaim what is rightfully theirs—land, seeds, and a voice in shaping the future. In the face of climate change, exploitative seed systems, and…
Attending the Portfolio Committee meeting on Rural Development and Land Reform on 25 June 2025, as a member of the public and on behalf of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA)…
In Alfa Alfa, a small rural settlement in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, land is more than a resource, it is life. For generations, women here have tilled the soil, grazed…