Landesa Landesa partners with governments and local NGOs to ensure the world’s poorest families have secure land rights, which develops sustainable economic growth and improves education, nutrition, and conservation

May 18, 2013 – The Right to Homestead Bill could help millions in India by providing homestead plots to virtually all landless rural families across the country. Landesa founder Roy Prosterman writes in the Times of India about this crucial moment to address the principal cause of rural poverty in India – landlessness.
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April 19, 2013 — An editorial stressing the importance of women’s land rights in India was published by the Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time blog. Sanjoy Patnaik – Landesa’s state director of Odisha, India – explains how land is a priceless asset for India’s women.
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Landesa was featured on the front page of the The Seattle Times print edition and on their website. The three articles can be accessed here: Seattle-based nonprofit plants seeds of hope in India | Front-page story on Landesa working with girls …
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The Global Journal ranks Landesa as the #16 NGO in the world overall, and the #1 NGO addressing human rights.
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Landesa honors the life of Doug Beighle, a board member, longtime supporter, and enthusiastic advocate of the power of land rights. Doug lived his life with deep purpose: he was a gifted lawyer and executive, devoted husband and father, and …
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February 4, 2013 — 533 poor tribal families received legal title to plots of land on which they could build a house, grow crops and be secure. These tribal families have lived in the area for generations, but without legal …
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December 11, 2012 — What do smoking, spanking, and drunk driving have in common? In a guest blog on the CNN website, Landesa CEO Tim Hanstad explores how hard-won shifts in behavior offer important lessons in attempts to improve women’s land rights around the world, particularly in Kenya.
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November 21, 2012 — Columnist Tina Rosenberg profiles Landesa in the New York Times, highlighting how micro-plots can make a world of difference in helping families climb out of poverty.
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November 19, 2012 — In the first visit by a U.S. President to Myanmar, President Obama made a significant endorsement of land rights today in his speech at the University of Yangon:

“When ordinary people have a say in their own future, then your land can’t just be taken away from you. And that’s why reforms must ensure that the people of this nation can have that most fundamental of possessions—the right to own the title to the land on which you live and on which you work.”
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October 26, 2012 — Bloomberg features a comprehensive story on women’s land rights in Kenya. The article explains how Kenya’s new Constitution and support from Landesa are bringing progress for women’s rights to overcome age-old traditions.
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