Stand4HerLand Edition
Test your knowledge of women's land rights in our Stand4HerLand special edition
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In Uganda's Land Act (1998), what are some of the land tenure systems under which citizens of the country, including women, can own land?
Source: Section 2, Land Act: https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/uga96350.pdf
Mailo
Freehold
Customary
All the above
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Uganda’s Constitution prohibits “…laws, cultures, customs or traditions which are against the dignity, welfare or interest of women or which undermine their status” in
Source: Article 33 (6) Constitution https://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/uga132923.pdf
Article 33
Article 35
Article 26
Article 20
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Women should enjoy all rights on land. The rights of all people to access, use, own, benefit from, control and dispose land are usually metaphorically referred to as:
Land as a “Bundle of Sticks/Rights”
Land as a “Continuum of rights”
Land as a “Constellation of Interests”
Land as a “Web of Interests”
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Women in their inherent diversity (e.g. as a legal wife, cohabiting partner, polygamous spouse, widow, divorced, single, daughter-in-law, as well as their rural or urban status and their religious and ethnic backgrounds etc) must be considered when creating programs that aim to enhance women’s land rights.
True
False
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Which international body supports women's land rights through the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGTs)?
Food and Agriculture Organization
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
United Nations Development Programme
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Indicator 5.a.2 assesses the extent to which the national legal frameworks guarantee women’s equal land rights. This indicator is monitored through some of the following proxy indicators, except:
Number of women in elective positions
Joint registration of land is compulsory or encouraged through economic incentives
Compulsory spousal consent for land transactions
Women’s and girls’ equal inheritance rights
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How can securing women's land rights contribute to climate resilience?
By enhancing women's participation in sustainable land management
By reducing urban sprawl
By increasing industrialization
By promoting deforestation
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Collecting, analysing and reporting data on women’s land rights is important for the design of planning and policy decisions that impact women and girls. What is the national statistical office responsible for collecting, analysing, and disseminating official data on various sectors, including data on women’s land rights in Uganda?
Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)
Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD)
Uganda Land Commission (ULC)
National Planning Authority (NPA)
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Which women’s rights organisation in Uganda challenged the constitutionality of the Succession Act for being discriminatory against women in matters of property inheritance?
Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW-U)
FIDA Uganda
Forum for Women in Development
MIFUMI
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How does the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) be used to advocate for women's land rights?
It includes gender-responsive climate action plans
It mandates equal land distribution
It focuses on urban land development
It provides funding for women's land purchases
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