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10 ways donors can support African governments on rural land rights
Devex posted a blog by Jen Duncan on how funders can support African governments’ efforts to improve land tenure.
Want to grow more food? Boost investment, women’s land tenure, researcher says
Reuters quoted Landesa Senior Attorney Elisa Scalise in an article about the importance of women’s land rights for increasing food
Providing more than just hope for rural Indian adolescent girls
Northwest Asian Weekly interviewed Landesa Land Tenure Specialist Melany Grout about her work on the Girls Project, which helps girls
A simple solution to a major problem: how information empowers girls against child marriage
Girls Not Brides posted a blog by Landesa District Project Coordinator Amit Kumar Ghosh about how knowledge is power for
Seattle nonprofit aims to keep South Asian girls in school and reduce vulnerability to child marriage
The International Examiner published a blog by Landesa District Project Coordinator Pronita Sarkar about girls who are learning to avoid
Depriving women farmers of land rights will set back China
The South China Morning Post published an editorial by Landesa CEO Tim Hanstad about the importance of ensuring women’s names
Congo Seeks Investors for Farmland Bigger Than France
The Wall Street Journal quoted Landesa Africa Director Jen Duncan about a plan to lease more than 200,000 acres of
NEW RESEARCH BY LANDESA ON FORESTLAND ACQUISITIONS IN CHINA
The Rights and Resources Initiative released a new study by Landesa on paper giant APP’s operations in China, which largely
8 killed in China rural land dispute: Government
AFP cited Landesa’s 17-province survey in an article about rural land dispute in China.
Photo Essay: 5 Girls who said NO to child marriage in West Bengal
ONE Campaign posted a photo essay by Landesa about five girls who made the brave choice to say no to
