The Her Land Her Story Campaign features the stories of real women from around the world. Scroll through the stories below to get a firsthand account of how these women’s lives are impacted by land rights.
Her Land Her Story is organized by the Cadasta Foundation and Land Portal, in partnership with 10 other organizations.

The campaign features the stories of real women from around the world and aims to advocate and raise awareness of women’s land rights issues.

Her Land Her Story is founded on the core belief that secure and equitable women’s land rights are necessary to improve the lives of women, children, and communities. All campaign partners are committed to strengthening women’s land rights through their work, projects, and partnerships.
A collective effort to raise awareness of women’s land rights.

WHY WOMEN’S LAND RIGHTS?
Women represent about half of the global population, produce the majority of world’s food supply, and perform 60% to 80% of the agricultural work in emerging economies, yet women own less than 20% of land worldwide.

In more than half the countries in the world, laws or customs undermine or block women’s rights to own, manage, or inherit land or property. This leaves women and the households they lead vulnerable.

Governments and policymakers have a unique opportunity to improve their economy and empower their citizens by ensuring that women’s rights and access to land are protected. Securing women’s land rights has a profound ripple effect on household income, food security, health, and other positive outcomes for women, their families, and communities.
Click on the map below to see how land rights impact the lives of women around the world

See the list of facts and figures
Bangladesh:
Less than 4% of land in rural Bangladesh is owned by women.
Source: Bangladesh – Context and Land Governance

India:
Women account for 32% of the agricultural labor force and contribute to 55-66% of farm production, but yet women own and manage less than 12% of land.
Source: FAO’s Gender and Land Rights Database

Zambia:
Couples in villages where women do not inherit land reduce their investment in land by applying 37 to 50% less fertilizer, fallowing 12 to 16% less land area, and reducing soil erosion on 7 to 11% fewer acres.
Source: Inheritance Customs and Agricultural Investment

Niger:
Men own five times as much land as women.
Source: Gender Inequalities in Ownership and Control of Land in Africa

Tanzania:
Women with strong property and inheritance rights earn up to 3.8 times more income and were 1.35 times more likely to have individual savings.
Source: Women’s Property Rights and Gendered Policies: Implications for Women’s Long-term Welfare in Rural Tanzania

Uganda:
Women represent one-third of owners or co-owners of land.
Source: Uganda Social Institutions and Gender Index Report

Rwanda:
Women with strong land right were 19% more likely to engage in soil conservation compared to 10% among men.
Source: Environmental and gender impacts of land tenure regularization in Africa: Pilot evidence from Rwanda

Nepal:
Children whose mothers own land were up to 33% less likely to be severely underweight.
Source: Do Women’s Land Rights Promote Empowerment and Child Health in Nepal?

Ethiopia:
An increase in land allocated to women decreased household food insecurity by 36%.
Source: Why Land Rights Matter

Vietnam:
Children in households where women own land are up to 10% less likely to be sick.
Source: Women’s Land Rights and Children’s Human Capital in Vietnam

Women represent half of the global population, produce the majority of the world’s food supply, perform 60% to 80% of the agricultural work in emerging economies, and yet women own less than 20% of land worldwide.
Source: The role of women in agriculture
Source: Women own less than 20% of the world’s land. It’s time to give them equal property rights

15 countries where women do not have equal ownership to property.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016

34 countries where daughters do not have equal inheritance rights.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016

35 countries where widows do not have equal inheritance rights.
Source: World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2016

90 countries where customs inhibit women’s access to land.
Source: OECD’s Gender, Institutions and Development Database 2014

In Sub-Saharan Africa 49% women in agricultural labor, 15% women agricultural land holders
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

In Asia, women comprise 42% of agricultural labor and 11% of land holders.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

In the Middle East and North Africa, women comprise 40% of agricultural labor and 5% of landowners.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

Women with strong rights to inherit land earn up to 3.8 time more income.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

Children whose mothers own land up to 33% less likely to be severely underweight.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

Families where women own more land devote more of their budget to education.
Source: Fact Sheet: Land Tenure and Women’s Empowerment

Women who own more land are up to 8 times less likely to experience domestic violence.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights

Where women’s property and inheritance rights are stronger, women’s individual savings are up to 35 percent greater.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights

Children in households where women own land are up to 10% less likely to be sick.
Source: Level the Field: Ending gender inequality in land rights