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Despite courts, the plot is against daughters
A new court ruling in India expands the scope of a daughter’s right to inherit land, but the bigger picture
Inheritance Of Agricultural Land By Women: There Is Distance Yet To Travel
Shipra Deo and Robert Mitchell summarize progress toward securing inheritance rights for women in India.
Implementing progressive laws can accelerate securing women’s land rights in Francophone Africa
Modern land reforms remain indispensable to tackle gender inequality in areas where customary discriminatory practices are dominant. Landesa intern Joy
Securing Land Rights for Indigenous Peoples & Rural Communities Can Activate Critical Change Agents in the Fight Against Climate Change
Although Indigenous and rural communities are vital to the fight against climate change, in many countries these populations struggle to obtain formal
The Road to Resilience in a Post-COVID World: Stronger Land Rights for Women
Gender-responsive land tenure and property rights interventions can be an important catalyst in bringing the kind of revolutionary change necessary
“Land rights are the foundation that enables the realization of all the other Sustainable Development Goals”
Iniciativa Tierra y ODS (Land and SDG Initiative) spoke with Diana Fletschner about the land-related SDG commitments, what has been
Eight Breakthroughs for Land Rights in 2020
2020 was a tough year on many fronts, and land rights were no exception. COVID-19 hindered land rights advocates from
Global Land Risks and Opportunities in Corporate Supply Chains
Land-related risks are vastly underappreciated by corporate and environmental attorneys representing clients around the globe. This article seeks to raise
Gender Equality: Women, Land, and Data
Closing a data gap may seem technocratic and boring. But the social and economic empowerment prospects of more than one
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









