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CIVIL society organizations have called for the implementation of a National Land Policy to empower local women gain access to land.“Women are still held back by cultural norms, poverty, wars and low levels of sensitization as a result they have failed to achieve their full potential,” the Program Manager of Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET), Berna Bakidde said. She said women, more especially in areas of customary land tenure system continue to face discrimination which has affected the country’s agricultural production.