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Women grow as much as 80% of India’s food – but its new farm laws overlook their struggles

Landesa was cited in an article about the gendered impacts of the new farm laws in India.
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Renewable Energy to Responsible Energy: A Call-to-Action

As the renewable energy sector continues to grow and evolve, it will need to be increasingly mindful of the need
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Why We Don’t Know How Much Land Women Own

Shipra Deo was interviewed for an article about why national datasets in India differ on women’s land rights, and ideas
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Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?

In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to
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OPINION: Why are tribal women in India still robbed of their land rights?

On International Women’s Day, Shipra Deo explains that when it comes to land ownership, India’s culture & practices have always
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Rituals of marriage create untold suffering for millions of widows in India

Landesa’s Shipra Deo examines how rituals and customs in India uphold patriarchal norms that systematically deprive women and girls of
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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
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महिला किसान – अधिकार और पहचान का इंतजार (Female farmers – waiting for rights and recognition)

असलीभारत (Real India) published an article by Manisha Ahlawat about the gender gap in land ownership in India, and how
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Staff Spotlight: Sudipta Biswas

Learn more about Sudipta Biswas, Landesa Program Manager based in our Kolkata, India office.
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OPINION | The name game: How women get erased in rural India

Thomson Reuters Foundation published an op-ed by Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Director of Women’s Land Rights in India, about how women’s
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