Zambian women part of group to climb Mt Kilimanjaro | Land Portal

By: Linda Nyondo
Date: September 21st 2016
Source: Zambia Daily Mail

A GROUP of African women including Zambians are next month expected to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to advocate for women’s land rights.

Action Aid communications officer Hellen Mwale confirmed the development in a statement in Lusaka recently.

“With access to and control over land and natural resources as an entry point, three regional caravans are expected to depart simultaneously from south, east and west Africa, culminating in a mass of African rural women’s assembly and a symbolic ascent by a delegation of women,’’ she said.

Ms Mwale said the women plan to proclaim a charter of principles and demands specifically on women’s access to and control over land.

She said the Kilimanjaro initiative was conceived during a meeting of rural women and civil society organisations in 2012 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Ms Mwale said the initiative aims to create space for rural women to be able to participate in decision-making on issues that concern them.

She said there is need to ensure continued support of access to and control over land.

Ms Mwale said the Kilimanjaro initiative offers a unique window of opportunity to unify and amplify the struggles of rural women in a politically correct climate.

Some of the objectives of the programme are to strengthen the agency and movement of rural women in claiming and defending their land and natural resources in Africa.

The programme also aims to engender political will amongst respective governments, donor and regional institutions to implement an all-inclusive African women’s charter.

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