Tag: Women’s Land Rights

Governing Women’s Land Rights: Leadership, Institutions and Access to and Control of Land in South Mugirango, Kisii County, Kenya

Governing Women’s Land Rights: Leadership, Institutions and Access to and Control of Land in South Mugirango, Kisii County, Kenya

Karen Nyamoita Magara, Peter Gutwa Oino, Vivian NyaataKisii University, School of Arts and Social Sciences,P.O. Box 408–40200, Kisii, KenyaEmail: nyamoita2016@gmail.com Abstract: Land is more than a productive asset for women in rural Kenya; it underpins livelihood security, household wellbeing, economic opportunity, and participation in decisions affecting their lives. Despite Kenya’s progressive legal framework protecting women’s…

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Bridging Policy–Practice Gaps: Women’s Land Rights, Tenure Insecurity, and Sustainable Agricultural Land Management in Kenya

Bridging Policy–Practice Gaps: Women’s Land Rights, Tenure Insecurity, and Sustainable Agricultural Land Management in Kenya

Karen Nyamoita Magara, Peter Gutwa Oino, Vivian NyaataSchool of Arts and Social SciencesKisii UniversityEmail: nyamoita2016@gmail.com Abstract: Despite the proliferation of gender-responsive land policies and constitutional guarantees of equality, women in Kenya continue to experience constrained and insecure access to agricultural land, undermining both social equity and sustainable land management outcomes. This study examines how leadership…

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