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It’s time to recognise the land rights gender deficit

This blog originally appeared on Place. By Diana Fletschner The plight of women has largely been ignored, not only by local officials and lawmakers, but also by the way in which data about land rights is understood and processed. When Rajkumari Devi’s husband died 12 years ago, the world that centred on the mud hut they shared in a village [...]