22 May 2018 - NPWJ News Digest on FGM & Women's Rights

A Place of Her Own: Women’s Right to Land
By Council on Foreign Relations , 21 May 2018

Last month, Liberian women activists marched to the presidential palace to protest the country's 2017 Land Rights Act. Concerned for communities dependent on ancestry land for food and income, advocates called for President George Weah to ensure that legislation protects the rights of women and rural Liberians from privatization. From inheritance practices to legal barriers to women owning land at all, Liberian women are not alone in their fight. Governments globally must reform land rights practices that harm women and hinder economic growth.