Help Women Access Land and Rights in S. Africa
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More Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesRural women are often unaware of their rights under the constitution allowing them to own land, to access communal land and other basic rights. In the KwaZulu-Natal, patriarchal attitudes are strong within Zulu culture leaving women behind the incredible changes South Africa has experienced in the last 12 years. HIV/AIDS only exacerbates women’s ability to access their rights. Women are often blamed for infecting their husbands and in some cases are evicted from their homes as a result. ActivitiesRWM works in 14 communities to secure land tenure, provide HIV-positive families with access to community health volunteers, increase women’s participation in local governance and teaches sustainable agriculture to women running community gardens. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $370 Funding InformationThis project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available. Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $370. The original project funding goal was $5,005. Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactBy empowering women to own and use land, communities in KwaZulu-Natal become self-sufficient, vibrant and healthy. Women are leading the way to creating long-term, positive impacts on their communities. Land rights are one step towards that change. Project Message
“…To this day, women are having difficulty accessing land as their own rights as women. They do not have independent rights to land; these rights are still attached to their spouses.” Who is Running This ProjectContact
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For more information about South Africa, read the Human Development Report on South Africa or the Wikipedia entry for South Africa. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 08, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 16, 2007. Latest Update from the FieldFinal UpdateBy Yael Falicov - Director of Programs, August 08, 2008 06:56 PM
The South African Government organized a World Conference of Rural Women in Durban earlier this year, but neglected to invite any organizations working on land issues in South Africa. In response, the Rural Women’s Movement set up an alternative congress outside the gates, and brought together close to 400 women to discuss land rights issues. The protest meeting received major national news coverage and helped the organization in its mobilization to change the Communal Land Rights Act. Read 2 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpShare and Save |
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