The law was created last year and recognizes women’s land rights. For decades until Liberia passed into law the Land Rights Act last year, women were denied equal rights to land with men. “Now it’s open and we are happy.”Awareness of the Land Rights Act, experts say, is crucial to its implementation. “We once had a land rights workshop and for two days,” she narrates, “the women cooked while the men were in the workshop. “We once had a land rights workshop and for two days,” she narrates, “the women cooked while the men were in the workshop.

Source: Front Page Africa October 09, 2019 00:55 UTC