In 2003, COHRE’s Women and Housing Rights Programme visited some countries in Africa to find out more about the needs and problems of women. They spoke to women in communities, to NGOs and to people in government. They held a workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, in January 2004, with people who are doing work about land and housing in Africa. Then they wrote a report about ten countries in Africa, and are now trying to fight for change to make things better for women. This short book comes from the longer report. It is written so that ordinary women and men in Africa can read about what COHRE found, and what COHRE and other people fighting for rights to land and housing think should happen to make things better for women.