The Government of India announced an ambitious effort to map residential areas in villages using drone technology and to provide “property cards” to these rural owners. Landesa’s Shipra Deo and Pinaki Halder share several recommendations for implementation.
Landesa’s Chief of Advocacy Jennifer Abrahamson is quoted by Thomson Reuters Foundation on how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating difficulties for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqi women who are struggling to prove their home ownership rights.
The Times of India interviewed Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Director of Women’s Land Rights in India, about the current state of women’s rights to agricultural land.
Devex interviewed Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux about Landesa’s research to help build an evidence base about what works best in helping women secure land rights and how that leads to different economic outcomes.
Landesa Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux was interviewed for an article on the importance of women’s land rights in indigenous and community settings.
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Director for Women’s Land Rights in India, was interviewed about her work in the lead up to the 4th India Land and Development Conference.
Beth Roberts writes about Landesa’s land rights program in Myanmar that is working to alleviate rural poverty, strengthen women’s rights, and help turn the tide against climate change for the country’s forest-dwelling communities.
Radio Free Asia highlighted Landesa’s work on women’s land rights and mangrove restoration in Myanmar as a positive environmental trend in Asia.
Food Tank recognized Landesa’s contributions to building a more sustainable food system by […]
Landesa researcher Gina Alvarado explains why women’s land rights are #Solvable through legal reforms and challenging gender norms. Sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, #Solvable mini-films drive awareness of global issues that are solvable in the next generation.
