• Contact: Nzira Razao de Deus
  • Address: Rua Vila Namwali RC 246 Bairro da Malhangalene Maputo- Moçambique
  • Phone: +258824621610
  • Email: forum@forumulher.org.mz
  • Web: www.forumulher.co.mz
  • Members:
    Fórum Mulher

Fórum Mulher

Fórum Mulher

Member since: 2024

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

Recognize and protect the diverse tenure and production systems upon which people’s livelihoods depend, including the communal and customary tenure systems of smallholders, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, fisher folks, and holders of overlapping, shifting and periodic rights to land and other natural resources, even when these are not recognized by law, and whilst also acknowledging that the well-being of resource-users may be affected by changes beyond the boundaries of the land to which they have tenure rights.
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Diverse Tenure Systems

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

Ensure that processes of decision-making over land are inclusive, so that policies, laws, procedures and decisions concerning land adequately reflect the rights, needs and aspirations of individuals and communities who will be affected by them. This requires the empowerment of those who otherwise would face limitations in representing their interests, particularly through support to land users' and other civil society organizations that are best able to inform, mobilize and legitimately represent marginalized land users, and their participation in multi-stakeholder platforms for policy dialogue.
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Inclusive decision-making

Ensure transparency and accountability, through unhindered and timely public access to all information that may contribute to informed public debate and decision-making on land issues at all stages, and through decentralization to the lowest effective level, to facilitate participation, accountability and the identification of locally appropriate solutions
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Transparent and accessible information

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

To promote economic, socio-cultural and political transformations that induce structural changes from a feminist perspective, strengthening the actions and political influence of its members and civil society, collaborating with national, regional and international social movements with a view to achieving equal rights and opportunities for women in Mozambique.

Objectives

a) To push for the advancement of women's human rights, articulating and mobilising member organisations;

b) To form a comprehensive network of communication, information and exchange of experiences for all those dealing with women, gender and development issues;

c) Empowering members of participating organisations and other stakeholders to raise their level of knowledge on gender issues and the effectiveness of their work on behalf of women;

d) Influence decision-making bodies and public opinion on gender issues and equal rights and opportunities for women and men.

Constituencies

Fórum Mulher is a national feminist network for the promotion of gender equality and women's human rights in Mozambique. It is a civil society organisation set up in 1993 with around 80 member organisations and representation throughout the country, through provincial nuclei, local and community-based organisations

  • Contact: Nzira Razao de Deus
  • Address: Rua Vila Namwali RC 246 Bairro da Malhangalene Maputo- Moçambique
  • Phone: +258824621610
  • Email: forum@forumulher.org.mz
  • Web: www.forumulher.co.mz
  • Members:
    Fórum Mulher