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5 girls who said NO to child marriage in West Bengal
This photo essay originally appeared on ONE.org. The Girls Project, a partnership between the government of West Bengal and Landesa, aims
Photo Essay: Landesa Girls Project Profiles of Progress
The Girls Project, a partnership between the government of West Bengal and Landesa, aims to keep girls in school and
Land, Assets, and Livelihoods: Gender Analysis of Evidence from Odisha State in India
This investigation is one of the first to explicitly use the Gender, Agriculture, and Assets Project framework to gain additional
What is Preventing Women from Inheriting Land? A Study of the Implementation of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005 in Three States in India
Past studies have shown that women’s land ownership in India can have multiplier impacts on women’s social status, reduction of
Improving Land Governance through Community Participation
This paper highlights how people-centric land governance examples have improved land administration, making it more efficient and effective.
Ensuring and Protecting the Land Leasing Right of Poor Women in India
Lease farming by landless women in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh shows a pathway for reducing their poverty and enabling upward
Empowering Adolescent Girls through Land – A Public-Private Partnership
In 2012, Landesa and the government of West Bengal, India, entered an innovative partnership aimed at using land to reduce
Cultural Barriers in India Impede Women’s Legal Right to Inherit Land
By Ashok Sircar and Diana Fletschner As their husbands, fathers, and brothers migrate to cities in search of work, women
Sowing it Forward
By Bholanath Chakladar This week, 55,339 destitute families across West Bengal will receive legal title to a micro-plot of land. The
Landesa’s Telangana Land Caravan | Daily Photo Journal
February 18, 2014 — News Update: Indian Parliament Voting to Create New State of Telangana On Tuesday, the Lower House
