ULA Land Studies
2010
“Land Tenure and Livelihood Issues in the Albertine Graben Region” 
This research was conducted in the three districts of Hoima, Buliisa and Amuru where there are oil finds that have affected the nature of land transactions and tenure. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the way oil prospecting and discovery has affected tenure and livelihoods in the region with deliberate efforts being made to unearth issues related to land grabbing. The study specifically focused on tenurial arrangements and land transactions in the region.
The study among other things discovered that the level of land transactions has greatly increased in the region particularly in Hoima and Buliisa districts where the process of oil exploration is more advanced compared to Amuru district where the process is at early stages. This study is in advanced stages and a study report will be will be published under ULA research series 002/2010
2009
1. Women’s Gains from the Implementation of the Succession Law in Uganda
The research that was conducted by Uganda Land Alliance (ULA) and Uganda Media Women’s Association (UMWA) is a documentary of women’s voices from the districts of Wakiso, Mpigi and Mukono districts. This research project aimed at documenting the experiences and gains of the statutory provisions of equal inheritance rights between men and women. The specific objectives of the project are:
- To document narratives of women’s experiences in securing, accessing and retaining land inherited through statutory structures.
- To provide a forum for women and men and the communities where they are located to dialogue on legal inheritance rights.
- To enlist women’s views to make recommendations for the improvement or reform of AGO Act and the Succession law.
The results from the field indicated that women who have accessed and utilized the services of the office of the Administrator general have more secure land rights over their land and property. However, it was discovered that women particularly in the rural setting do not have sufficient knowledge about the existence and the modalities of accessing the office of the administrator general and hence continue to suffer deprivation of their property by their in-laws and other relatives and neighbours. This informs ULA about the need to sensitise women about the existence of this office and how it may be accessed so as to ensure more land rights protection.
2. Evaluation of National Land Reform Policies from a Gender Sensitive
Perspective in Uganda
ULA conducted a research with support from Women’s Land Link Africa (WLLA) based in Ghana. The purpose of the research was to evaluate the extent to which the land reform policies and laws in Uganda have influenced women’s land rights across various land tenure regimes. The research was conducted in Kampala, Luweero and Kapchorwa.
The idea behind this choice was to compare the different environments within which women live (urban, peri-urban and rural and how this has been shaped by the various land reforms in the country. Besides, the three districts are located in varying land tenure regimes and this has an influence on women’s land rights policies.
The key finding was that though various legislation regarding land have considerably addressed issues of women’s rights, these rights have not been realized on the ground. I addition there is limited knowledge on the part of women about the existence of these legislation which undermines the rights of women on land. See full report
