Helping young people access land allows them to participate in rural economies while making progress on gender equity, food security, and adaptation to climate change.
A new court ruling in India expands the scope of a daughter's right to inherit land, but the bigger picture remains one of stark gender disparities in land rights.
Securing land rights for women digs down to the root of gender inequality; radically, quietly uprooting it, overturning it, elevating women toward equal legal personhood at household, community and societal levels.
For national governments pursuing their climate commitments, securing land tenure for their rural populations would lay the foundation for effective, sustainable climate action.
In Tanzania, closing the land policy implementation gap is the key to unlocking women's potential in agriculture.