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DAY 1: Ms. Dorcas Wagima Okalany/ Permanent Secretary, @ministry_lands is set to address the IGAD #WomensLandsRights e-conference about youth opportunities & Land in the IGAD region.
LINK: us06web.zoom.us/j/84038386890?…

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Ms. Okalany: If properly harnessed, Africa’s nearly 420 million youth will be the continent’s greatest asset and its engine to grow agricultural productivity and food security while reducing poverty. #WomensLandsRights

Ms Okalany: To properly leverage the immense potential of youth to transform the agricultural sector, @GovUganda policymakers must address a fundamental barrier to productive youth engagement in agriculture.#WomensLandRights

Ms Okalany: Youth land rights are essential to ushering in Africa’s rural and agricultural transformation, providing the foundation on which youth can stake their future and invest in agriculture and farm-related productive activities. @FrankTumwebazek

#WomensLandRights

Ms Okalany: Over 60% of Africans are under the age of 35, a well-documented “youth bulge” representing both an enormous challenge and a tantalizing opportunity for the continent. #WomensLandRights

Catch the #WomensLandsRights conference.
LIVE: facebook.com/11106400455822…

Ms Okalany: Given the opportunity, millions of youths in Africa could help boost agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and generate broad economic development across the continent. #WomensLandsRights

DAY TWO: The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) e-conference on #WomensLandRights has kicked off. IGAD Member States include Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda.

The @IGADLGP launched in 2015 is aimed at helping IGAD and its member states to address the various land policy and governance issues faced by countries in the region. #WomensLandRights

The Land Governance programme is currently implementing its 10-year business plan for period 2020-2030 with 4 strategic objectives: #WomensLandRights

Land administration in IGAD region is more efficient, harmonized & gender-inclusive; Increased Member States capacity to leverage land (rural, peri-urban and urban) for economic transformation and; #WomensLandRights

Enable sustainable development through strategic gender- sensitive and conflict-sensitive approach to land use and management; #WomensLandRights

Reduced barriers and enhance protection of women’s rights to land in the public and private sphere. #WomensLandRights

PS Anissa Bahdon: Djibouti metropolitan area accounts for most of the country’s population (70% of 900,000) and only 16.3% live in rural areas with very limited livestock rearing. #WomensLandRights

PS Bahdon: At times cultivation is organized around few water points. This means that land issues in the country are mainly concentrated in urban areas. #WomensLandRights

PS Bahdon: There are uncertainties created by the nature and extent of land rights upon which buildings are constructed. #WomensLandRights