Land rights for women and vulnerable communities

The oil and gas sector in Uganda is at a critical stage. The infrastructures include well pads, flow lines, crude oil pipelines, central processing facilities, a refinery, base camps and access roads, among others. These facilities are being set up for four key projects; the Tilenga and Kingfisher projects (for development of the fields and production of the crude oil) together with the Refinery and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline projects.

Apparently there is massive displacement of communities for government and oil companies to acquire land for the construction of the above infrastructures. However, the ongoing land acquisition has continued to violate the land, human and environmental rights of women and vulnerable communities in the affected communities.

Therefore, the main objective of this program is to strengthen women and vulnerable communities’ land rights amidst massive community displacements, land acquisition and compensation processes by the government and oil companies.