‘Give rural women access to land’: experts

Experts reiterate that there is a lack of collective agency among social actors responsible for allocating, defending and claiming women’s land rights under formal and customary institutions.In a report released on Thursday by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE), it was revealed that women in rural areas in some provinces still face discriminatory and patriarchal challenges that pose significant barriers to gaining access to land.Titled ‘Exploring barriers to women’s access to communal land in selected provinces of SA’, it attributed the impediment to procedural and cost…