Centre For Development and Enterprises Great Lakes has won this year’s 2024 Africa Liberty Award for their dedication securing women’s property rights in Burundi. Women make up 70% of the workers in Burundi's agricultural workforce but less than 10% of landowners. This disparity is caused by legal and cultural factors that make it difficult for women to own and inherit land. To address this problem and promote equality before the law, Centre For Development and Enterprises Great Lakes carried out their unprecedented “Why Women” policy and public education project. Because of CDE Great Lakes’ ongoing work with the parliament, the supreme court, and other stakeholders, millions of Burundian women and girls now have stronger legal protections for their right to benefit from the land that belongs to them—without discrimination. Congratulations to CDE!
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1moCongratulations Keep up the good work.