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Rituals of marriage create untold suffering for millions of widows in India
The ideal of a married woman decorated with sindoor, sakha, and bichiya is romanticized through legend and folklore; steeped in
Want to transform agriculture? Give youth access to land
More than 65 per cent of youths (defined as ages 15-34) in Tanzania find employment in agriculture, but they lack
With a historic legal decision, India marks progress toward equal inheritance rights for daughters
The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that daughters shall enjoy equal rights to inherit family land – an overdue
Community participation will be essential to the success of India’s rural property mapping effort
The Government of India announced an ambitious effort to map residential areas in villages using drone technology and provide “property
Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for
Daughters’ inheritance rights in Uttar Pradesh
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens
Women’s Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
By Beth Roberts | Investments in women’s land rights are a prerequisite to full and substantive gender equality that benefits
Rural Women: Celebrating the Culture of Courage
This post originally appeared on Women’s Advancement Deeply. On the U.N.’s International Day of Rural Women, Shipra Deo of land
Land for all: Liberia embraces comprehensive land reform with historic passage of the Land Rights Act
By Tyler Roush In a watershed moment for land rights in Liberia and across Africa, President George Weah on Sept.
Her Labor, His Land? How Insecure Land Rights Undermine Women and Contribute to Food Insecurity in Kenya
This blog originally appeared on Fair World Project. Written by Megan Olson Katherine* wiped the sweat off her brow as
