Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Gender Equality: Discussion

3:40 pm

Ms Lilian Looloitai:

People can own land but in the case of women, they might not have access and utilisation. In the case of the Masai, one can have the piece of paper showing ownership of land without having access to and utilisation of that land. We need to go beyond that.

It was mentioned that people are selling land for a bottle of beer. In the case of Masai, that is true in some parts but this has been tricky for village governments and at district level. Something needs to be done.

I refer to the issue of pastoralism. I think I mentioned that pastoralism is not supported as a livelihood system in Tanzania. In the case of Kenya, it is getting support through the new constitution. It is different from Tanzania right now.

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