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India’s tribal women left behind in progress toward gender equality

A discriminatory land governance system coupled with gendered social norms result in violence and oppression of women in Jharkhand, India.
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India’s tribal women left behind in progress toward gender equality

Landesa’s Pinaki Halder chronicles the discriminatory land governance system and gendered social norms that result in violence and oppression of
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The unknown, unheard lot of women farmers in India

The Logical Indian cited a Landesa infographic in a report on the gaps in women’s land rights in India.
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The advocate advancing gender equality through land rights

Pathfinders has highlighted Landesa’s Shipra Deo as a Champion of Change for her work on gender equal and inclusive land
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This is not your home: An assessment of land rights of tribal women in Jharkhand

Landesa researchers reveal a brutal system of abuse and torture that deters tribal women from accessing their rights to land.
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‘This is not your home’ – Revealing a brutal system of oppression and gender discrimination among India’s Scheduled Tribes 

Researchers for a global land rights organization have published a grim assessment of the land and inheritance rights of women
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Staff Spotlight: S B Lokesh

Learn more about Dr. S B Lokesh, Landesa’s Karnataka State Director based in Bangalore, India. He has been working with
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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
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Remembering Dr. Tajamul Haque

Dr. Tajamul Haque, an agriculture economist and one of India’s foremost land policy experts, passed away on May 2. Landesa
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In India’s tea estates, next generation of pickers want land, not jobs

Landesa’s Pinaki Halder was quoted in an article about the next generation’s push for land rights on tea plantations in
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