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Invisible and Voiceless

By Kalpana Sharma After a poor monsoon season, much of India now appears ...

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April 15, 2013

How Ensuring Women’s Rights to Land Keeps Girls Out of Child Marriage in Kenya

“Life has changed for my little girl Kayla,” says Gladys Chepkorir, a widow ...

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January 15, 2013

Balancing Customary Law and Gender Equality in Land Rights: Mmusi and Others v. Ramantele and Another

In a number of African countries, customary inheritance law is on trial. This ...

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December 21, 2012

Spanking, drunk driving and women’s land rights

What do smoking, spanking, and drunk driving have in common?

Once upon a time they were behaviors accepted by society.

Now they aren’t.

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December 10, 2012

Obama on Myanmar Land Rights

During this week’s historic first visit to Myanmar by an American President, President ...

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November 21, 2012