News Archive

The Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes an article profiling Landesa

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 — Landesa is profiled in the Chronicle of Philanthropy featuring our work on land rights in developing countries as well as our efforts to educate the larger community of nonprofit organizations who do development work about the issue. The article is written by Nicole Wallace and features quotes from her interview with Landesa president, Tim Hanstad.
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Findings from Landesa’s Survey of Rural China Published

FEBRUARY 6, 2012 — The results from Landesa’s latest 17-province survey of China’s farmers, published in this week’s issue of the influential Chinese magazine Caixin (New Century Weekly), indicate that urgent reforms are needed for the country to continue economic …
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Global Journal Names Landesa Among Top 100 NGOs

January 23, 2012 — Landesa was selected as one of the 100 best NGOs in the world, ranked by the Global Journal. Landesa is honored to be ranked #34 among a list of organizations that are making a transformative difference in the world, including several others from the “corridor of compassion” in the Pacific Northwest – including PATH (#6), and Mercy Corps (#11).
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Land Rights for Women Can Help Ease India’s Child Malnutrition Crisis

Renee Giovarelli, executive director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights, writes in the Guardian about the “South Asian Enigma” and the link between women’s status and child malnutrition.
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Landesa Contributes to New Book: Making Equal Rights Real

The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights’ executive director, Renée Giovarelli, and director Elisa Scalise, authored the chapter Promoting equity in economic rights: the case of gender and land rights in the new book, Making Equal Rights Real.
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Photo Essay | Life After Gaining a Land Title

December 28, 2011 — View this photo essay slideshow that depicts what having secure land rights can do for a farming family in Rwanda, three years since receiving a title to their land. Photographs by Deborah Espinosa.
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3.4 million farming families receive legal rights to land in rural China and India

DECEMBER 20, 2011 – In its 2011 Fiscal Year Annual Report, Landesa reports that its partnerships in India and China over the last year helped more than 3.4 million farming families receive secure rights to their land, providing these families with …
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Landesa Creates Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program

DECEMBER 8, 2011 — Landesa announces the creation of its Women’s Land Rights Visiting Professionals Program to promote and support a global network of qualified professionals committed to strengthening women’s land rights.
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NPR News Features Landesa’s Program in India

DECEMBER 1, 2011 — NPR News aired a story about Landesa and its partners in India who are helping poor rural families gain legal title to their own piece of land. Corey Flintoff reports from the Indian state of Odisha.
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Landesa’s work to help bring legal land rights to rural poor strengthened by 2012 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2011 — Landesa is one of four organizations who has received a 2012 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. The award is given to social entrepreneurs and their organizations who not only have an innovative model for solving some of the world’s biggest social challenges, but who are, as the Skoll Foundation puts it, at an inflection point of impact potential.
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