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Thousands of Women Receive Title to Land in India
March 6, 2014 – On the eve of International Women’s Day, tens of thousands of poor women in rural India
New study shows most women in India are still not inheriting land
A study released today of more than 1,400 women and 360 men in three Indian states by Landesa and UN
Fundamentals, Not Fads
The Stanford Social Innovation Review highlighted Landesa’s Roy Prosterman and Tim Hanstad in article titled “Fundamentals, Not Fads” as standard
A Landmark Day: 55,245 Previously Landless Families Receive Title to Land
February 16, 2014 — Today, the Government of West Bengal, India distributed land titles and micro-plots of land to 55,245
Roy Prosterman and Tim Hanstad Featured as the Standard for Succession Planning
Landesa’s Roy Prosterman and Tim Hanstad have been highlighted in article titled “Fundamentals, Not Fads” in the Stanford Social Innovation
A new state in India, and a new opportunity to give the poor a voice to improve their land rights
February 6, 2014 — The Government of India is proposing creating a new state called Telangana. Landesa has launched a “land
Women’s Support Center Program Scaling to 76 Centers Across Odisha
January 24, 2014 — The Government of Odisha announced this week that with the help of Landesa, it will expand
New Study Shows Girls Project in India Helping Girls Stay in School
January 14, 2014 — A new study analyzing the impact of the Girls Project, a pilot program designed and implemented
Landesa Research Reveals Improvements in West Bengal, India
December 12, 2013 – A newly released Landesa study of 1,373 households in three districts in West Bengal, India found
Developing a National Land Policy in Uganda: A Learning Process
Uganda has just adopted this year its first national land policy. This comes at a time when land is coming
