LANG'ATA, Tanzania, July 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a remote village on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, every woman has a story to tell about how discrimination in the allocation of land has pushed her to the brink of survival. Agustina Tarimo has been battling for three years to access some land to sustain her livelihood but, since men have priority in accessing land, her efforts have been futile. "It's hard to own even a small piece in this village if you are a woman," Tarimo told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Instead, the 41-year-old divorcee, who lives with her three children at Lang'ata village in the Mwanga district, has been forced to lease a plot of land to grow vegetables ...
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