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How Women's Land Changed Liberata's Life
With a land title, Liberata could feed her children and afford to send them to school.
May/April 2014
Significant Impact in Kenya | West Bengal, India Girls Project Multimedia Resources | Landesa Shares Expertise at World Bank Conference
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
ICT in Support of Evidence Based Policy Making: Land and Gender in the Western Balkans
This article presents the results from Greater Than Leadership program for Inclusive and Informed Land Administration in the Western Balkans,
An Intrahousehold Analysis of Access to and Control Over Land
In Rwanda women’s involvement in land-related decisions at the household level varies considerably depending on their marital status, their age,
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
Securing Women’s Land Tenure in Northern Uganda – A Women First Approach
Though there is no one-size-fits-all approach that will guarantee that women’s rights are secure, or that will equalize imbalances in
Focus on Land in Africa: Linking Property Rights and Development
This paper shares successes and challenges in in communicating about complex property rights issues with a non-technical development audience.
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






