Women are portrayed as marginalized regarding their access to land. NGOs and many authors present this situation irrespective of its relativistic nature. Through the example of the localities of Niaogho and Dassa in Burk ina Faso, this article presents peculiarities that question the general understanding that women do not have access to land. Our research question is: How do the women of Niaogho and Dassa do/manage to get farmland? The aim is to show that although women do not have inheritance rights, they have arable land for their agricultural needs. From the qualitative method and through individual interviews with women in both localities, the results show that access to land is made by donation. Every woman can have her own land if she expresses the need for a landowner. The acquisition of a plot of land can also be done by settling near a field left fallow by her husband. Thus, unlik e girls, women have access to land and appear as permanent owners of their fields

access to land; lineage; no inheritance right, donation