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Girls and Land: A Briefer on the Girls Project
Landesa’s Girls Project seizes upon an opportunity to help adolescent girls to build knowledge and establish a foundation of empowerment
Building a Global Network
Landesa is building a global network of land rights champions with the Visiting Professionals Program. Landesa has hosted six groups of
UW School of Law honors Roy Prosterman
The inaugural Roy Prosterman Lecture and Sustainable International Development Alumni Celebration at the UW School of Law celebrated Roy Prosterman’s
Collective effort fulfills the promise of secure land rights
A verdant jewel of farmland is emerging from an arid corner of eastern India, thanks to the collective effort of
Land in Her Name
Government land allocation programs in the Indian states of Bihar and Odisha are issuing land titles in the names of women,
Vanishing Land: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and Land Rights
As climate change impacts intensify, growing rates of natural disasters cause increasing damage to the lives of people across the
Landmark Patta Distribution Grants Land Titles to More Than 300 Families in Uttar Pradesh
In a milestone for rural families in Uttar Pradesh, India, local government officials distributed land titles to 331 formerly landless
Putting Women’s Land Rights on the Land Degradation Agenda
Earlier this month, 113 countries signed off on a new global roadmap to halt and reverse land degradation — which
WOMEN’S LAND: CLOSING THE GENDER GAP IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Women farmers make up 60% of employed women in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet fewer women than men own or have secure
Be Bold for Change: Girls in West Bengal Rally for Gender Equity
Last month on International Women’s Day, adolescent girls in six districts of West Bengal rallied to celebrate the power of
