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Land Rights Protection from Gender Perspective: A Case of Land Rights Monitors in
Tanzania
Godfrey Eliseus MassayProgrammes Coordinator for Land
Tanzania Natural Resource Forum
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Land Rights Monitors • Two individuals democratically
elected by villagers • A man and a woman • From each village that
received training from HAKIARDHI
• Willing to provide training, advice and support to their fellow villagers and village government.
• Given more training on land rights, environment and human rights, facilitation skills, land deals negotiation, networking and movement building.
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LRMs
• This innovation started to be used in 2007
• There are more than 600 LRMs at the moment in more than 12 Districts
• HAKIARDHI is not the only organization that uses community representatives to sustain its projects
• However it is the only organization that engage men and women on equal basis
• LRMs submit period reports to HAKIARDHI
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Securing Tenure Rights • Provision of Mass education• Strengthen village land
administration • Reclaimed land which was
grabbed • Mediation of land conflicts • Access to justice through
formal court system • Negotiation of land deals • Engagement with policy
makers, district leaders, and politicians
• Facilitate land ownership for women
• Engage with Media • Demand land use plan
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Success Stories
• In Mufindi, two investors paid compensation because of pressure from LRMs and the communities.
• In Rufiji, LRMs demanded land use planning before land is acquired for investment
• In Kahama, LRMs have trained more than 150,000 people in 8 districts in 2 years
• In Morogoro , LRMs have negotiated a deal with investor- three villages are now receiving more than 50 Million Tsh. annually as CSR
• In Kilombero, LRM have demanded fair compensation- 120 houses build by investor for communities that lost land.
• In Kisarawe, LRMs have reclaimed more than 3000ha acquired by local investors, and successfully demanded land compensation which was delayed for 6 years by investor.
• LRMs in Kilindi and Kilombero have instituted and won case against investors who grabbed village land.
• In Morogoro LRMs have represented individuals in courts- using power of attorney
• Women LRMs played important role in training land rights for women and in resolving land conflicts
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Some events attended by LRMs
LRMs attending National Land Forum LRMs attending media program
LRM speaking before MPs3 LRMs guest speakers at AGM
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Challenges
• They depend on a team of lawyers from HAKIARDHI and LHRC
• Women-especially married LRMs are not very active
• They are often threated by politicians and local government leaders
• The demand for their work is more than their capacity
• Often they use their own resources (time and money)
• At the moment very few are active on the ground
• They need regular trainings
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Way Forward
• A special program for LRM is needed • Regular trainings• Protection mechanism • This model can be replicated or scaled-up
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