Adiya Tibanagwa: Uganda.
After 11 years of marriage, Adiya’s husband left and re-married, leaving her to bring up their six children alone. He then brought his new wife and child to their home in Kiraasa, threatening Adiva to make her leave. Adiya sought help from Baina Omugisa, a local organisation supported by ActionAid, which helped her find legal help.
Through the organisation's intervention, the authorities wrote her husband a letter, explaining that if he came back to try and take the land from her again they would have him sent to prison.
“This was last May and since this time my husband has not come back,” she sais.
Adiya’s five-acre plot is too much for her to cultivate alone, but she cannot afford to pay for help. She sells enough bananas and coffee to pay for school fees, but sometimes this means that the family has very little to eat.
“I am still very scared that my husband may come back to try and take the land away – I would like to be able to save enough money so that I can register this land in my name but it is hard because I never seem to make enough.”
Peggy Mbabazi, a women's rights activist, describes the issues facing women in Uganda over land and hunger and participates in the Masindi HungerFREE Women rally.
