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 overturning misperceptions about the role of women in society and on the farm.
Women Help Feed the World. Why Can’t They Own Land?
In rural areas worldwide, the land rights gender gap still prevents millions of women from accessing the same resources & opportunities as men. This International Day of Rural Women, join us to shift the balance of power & promote a more gender equal world.
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 WLRs, the history of WLRs in the region, and practical steps to continue forward progress.
Realizing Land Rights to Deliver for Rural Women
The gender gap in land manifests itself in a stark reality – around the world, less than 15% of all landholders are women, despite the fact that women comprise 43% of the agricultural workforce in the developing world.
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 those most in need.
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