• Address: 126E Kudu Road, Kabulonga, Lusaka P. O. Box 51156

ZLA

ZAMBIA LAND ALLIANCE

2007

Member since

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Platforms

Working towards these commitments

Respect, protect and strengthen the land rights of women and men living in poverty, ensuring that no one is deprived of the use and control of the land on which their well-being and human dignity depend, including through eviction, expulsion or exclusion, and with compulsory changes to tenure undertaken only in line with international law and standards on human rights.
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Secure Tenure Rights

Ensure gender justice in relation to land, taking all necessary measures to pursue both de jure and de facto equality, enhancing the ability of women to defend their land rights and take equal part in decision-making, and ensuring that control over land and the benefits that are derived thereof are equal between women and men, including the right to inherit and bequeath tenure rights.
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Equal land rights for women

Enable the role of local land users in territorial and ecosystem management, recognizing that sustainable development and the stewardship of ecosystems are best achieved through participatory decision-making and management at the territorial-level, empowering local land users and their communities with the authority, means and incentives to carry out this responsibility.
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Locally-managed ecosystems

Prevent and remedy land grabbing, respecting traditional land use rights and local livelihoods, and ensuring that all large-scale initiatives that involve the use of land, water and other natural resources comply with human rights and environmental obligations and are based on: the free, prior and informed consent of existing land users; a thorough assessment of economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts with respect to both women and men; democratic planning and independent oversight; and transparent contracts that respect labour rights, comply with social and fiscal obligations and are specific and binding on the sharing of responsibilities and benefits. Where adverse impacts on human rights and legitimate tenure rights have occurred, concerned actors should provide for, and cooperate in, impartial and competent mechanisms to provide remedy, including through land restitution and compensation.
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Effective actions against land grabbing

Mission

Zambia Land Alliance is a platform for collective action committed to promoting equitable access, control and secured ownership of land by the rural, peri-urban and urban poor and marginalized, through lobbying and advocacy, networking, research and community partnership. The vision of Zambia Land Alliance is "a Zambia in which the rural, peri-urban and urban poor and vulnerable have secured access, ownership and control over land for sustainable development". Zambia Land Alliance is a network of NGOs working for just land policies and laws that take into account the interests of the poor.

Objectives

ZLA’s goal is to contribute towards equitable access and ownership of land by poor rural and urban families. The overall objectives are: 

- To lobby and advocate for policies, laws and administrative systems that are inclusive of the rural and urban poor’s needs, most of whom depend on land for their livelihoods;
- To conduct research on land-related issues;
- To raise awareness on land rights, gender, HIV/AIDS and the environment; 
- To network and collaborate with national, regional and international bodies to share experience on land issues.

Constituencies

Its beneficiaries include local communities, in particular the rural and urban poor.

  • Address: 126E Kudu Road, Kabulonga, Lusaka P. O. Box 51156