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CSOs ask the Environment and Natural Resources Parliamentary Committee to push for pro-people land laws that support the tenure security of all Ugandans.

12th November 2021. Today, civil society Organizations on land led by Oxfam have hosted a parliamentary seminar on Land targeting the Environment and Natural Resources Parliamentary Committee. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Network of Public Interest Lawyers (NETPIL), was...

Certificates of Customary Ownership yet to guarantee women’s land security

24.03.2020, Kampala . In research released today, Oxfam highlighted that the numerous challenges in acquiring a Certificate of Customary Ownership limit women's ability to successfully defend their interests in land hence driving inequality. Carried out in Kasese, Soroti, Butaleja and Pader...

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanism are driving inequality.

Unjust Land systems and weak dispute resolution mechanisms are driving inequality in the country according to a new land report launched today by Oxfam. Titled Locked out, the land and inequality report explores the ways in which unjust land systems drive inequality making the poor poorer while the...

Oxfam condemns violence met out on Makerere University students and calls for a peaceful resolution of the situation.

Oxfam condemns violence met out on Makerere University students and calls for a peaceful resolution of the situation. Oxfam is concerned about the violent way security agencies have tried to quell the ongoing Makerere university student strike. Makerere University students went on strike on 23rd...

Statement by the SDG land momentum group in response to the political declaration of the SDG summit

Nearly five years into the implementation of the ground breaking global commitments of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, the time is upon to consider what has been accomplished so far and to set the tone for action that will enable the world to meet its ambitious goals. The political...