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Press Release: India’s murky inheritance laws reinforce gender discrimination, undermine women’s land rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For interviews, please contact Tyler Roush, tylerr@landesa.org India’s murky inheritance laws reinforce gender discrimination, undermine women’s land
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New Video: Women’s Land Rights are #Solvable

In half the countries in the world, women face obstacles to land rights, leaving millions unable to unlock their full
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Awarding land rights for women is #Solvable

Landesa researcher Gina Alvarado explains why women’s land rights are #Solvable through legal reforms and challenging gender norms. Sponsored by
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Women in rural areas often don’t own land. And it’s high time to change that.

W Insight interviews Margaret McClung, land tenure and gender specialist at Landesa, about why owning land is the critical ingredient

COP25 Side Event: Human Rights and Climate Action

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Human Rights and Climate Action – A COP25 Side Event Global Perspectives on How Governments can Fulfill
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Landesa advocates for land rights before UN Committee

Last week, Landesa’s Beth Roberts spoke before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights about land as a
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Marriage or Inheritance: The Strange choice before daughters of Uttar Pradesh, India

Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Director of Women’s Land Rights, India, writes about a new amendment that expanded on the inheritance rights
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Sowing Global Equality

Diplomatic Courier’s Molly McCluskey interviews Landesa’s Tanzania Program Director Monica Mhoja, Board member Musimbi Kanyoro, and CEO Chris Jochnick for
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Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity

On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for
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Four Questions with Shipra Deo

We’re doing bite-sized interviews with our staff so you can get a better idea of who they are and how
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