• Contact: ​Benjamin Beyeza-Mutambukah
  • Address: ​​Plot 869 Ntinda Nalya Road, P.O. Box 500353 Wandegeya Kampala, Uganda​
  • Phone: ​​+256 414 697 137​
  • Web: ​​www.esapn.org​
  • Members:
    ​​ESAPN​

​​ESAPN​

​​Eastern and Southern Africa Pastoralist Network​

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

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

​​The Eastern and Southern Africa Pastoralist Network (ESAPN) is committed to uniting, empowering, and advocating for pastoralist communities across the region. Through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and policy engagement, we aim to enhance pastoralists' capacities, promote inclusive development, and safeguard their unique way of life.​

Objectives

​​Community Empowerment:

​Advocacy and Policy Influence:

​Sustainable Natural Resource Management

​Knowledge Exchange and Networking:

​Gender Equality and Social Inclusion:

​Climate Resilience and Adaptation:

​Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding:

​Research and Documentation:

​Partnerships and Collaboration.​

Constituencies

​​We are a regional organisation seeking to ensure that pastoralists benefit from established interventions like the African Union Pastoralism Policy Framework, the IGAD Transhumance Protocol and the AU Land Policy Framework. We seek to have these documents are domesticated in various countries. ​

  • Contact: ​Benjamin Beyeza-Mutambukah
  • Address: ​​Plot 869 Ntinda Nalya Road, P.O. Box 500353 Wandegeya Kampala, Uganda​
  • Phone: ​​+256 414 697 137​
  • Web: ​​www.esapn.org​
  • Members:
    ​​ESAPN​