The Gender Strategy for National Land Policy Implementation - Land and Property Ownership, September 2019.

The Gender Strategy for NLP Implementation clearly show the urgent need for strategic interventions to realize gender equality and equity in land tenure relations and eliminate the extensive gender disparities in access to, use of and control over land. The appropriate response to these disparities is a holistic approach that commits to: gender mainstreaming in the land sector; examining, questioning and transforming those institutions and norms that reinforce gender inequalities; designing mechanisms, strategies and actions to improve gender equity and equality in the processes, institutions and activities of land tenure governance; considering gender and women’s empowerment. Consideration of gender at all stages of policy, law and programme development, including in assessment and analysis, programme planning and design, budgeting and financing, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
The vision of the NLP is “a transformed Ugandan society through optimal use and management of land resources for a prosperous and industrialized economy with a developed services sector”. While the goal of the policy is “to ensure efficient, equitable and optimal utilization and management of Uganda’s land resources for poverty reduction, wealth creation and overall socioeconomic development”. This strategy is designed to fulfil the Government of Uganda’s commitments to realizing gender equality in the implementation of the NLP. The goal of this strategy, therefore, is: “ To ensure that women, men and vulnerable people are guaranteed access to, control of, use of and inclusion in the management of land resources to derive equity and equal opportunity to transform their lives”.
The Strategic Objectives are: 1. To create a level ground and equal terms upon which men and women can make, hold and enjoy legitimate land rights claims. 2. To build the capacity of men and women to participate effectively and on equal terms in decision-making processes concerning land management and administration. 3. To build the capacity of people working in customary and statutory land management and administrative institutions to operationalize, respect and enforce provisions of policy and law concerning gender equality. 4. To strengthen and streamline the collection, analysis and use of gender-disaggregated information/data in the land sector. 5. To promote and build partnerships with other institutions / stakeholders for the effective implementation of the strategy.