While most women across Africa still have no legal rights to land, we have seen several countries make progress toward legal protection through land laws or constitutional changes.
Colombia's land conflict is one of the fundamental obstacles to achieving the peace accords. Armed conflict leads to forced displacement of the peasant population and to the abandonment or seizure of land.
CEIDEPAZ, an independent nongovernmental organization has been involved in research and advocacy for agrarian legislation ever since the adoption of the Peace Accords 10 years ago.
As in other parts of Africa, land remains the basis of a mainly agrarian economy and the focal point of identity contests, especially within and between ethnic groups.