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Maasai elders vow to protect and support rights of women and girls

ONE Campaign | A blog by Deborah Espinosa about Maasai elders in Kenya adopting a new constitution to protect women’s

Maasai Elders Vow to Protect and Support Rights of Women and Girls

JUNE 12, 2012 — Dozens Maasai elders in the Kenyan highlands – who serve as symbols and enforcers of their

Pioneering Women’s Support Centers announced in Ganjam to focus on land rights

In a pioneering step to support single women who have not been reached by land entitlement and social security schemes,

Al Jazeera publishes Landesa editorial on malnutrition in India

May 11, 2012 — Landesa’s program directors in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha write on a possible

500,000 tribal families in Odisha, India set to receive land titles in next five years

April 11, 2012 — In a major breakthrough, the state government of Odisha has announced a massive extension of its

Odisha’s 500,000 tribal families set to receive land titles in next five years!

In a major breakthrough promising land titles to about 500,000 tribal families in Odisha, the state government has announced a

Advocacy success in Karnataka opens access to rural housing scheme

In an important breakthrough for the rural homeless in Karnataka, the state government has changed eligibility norms for access to

New Issue Brief: Land Rights and Food Security

April 6, 2012 — This new issue brief establishes the link between improved land rights, particularly for women, and subsequent

Land ownership boosts climate resilience in India

In the hamlet of Kharibandh in Ganjam, a coastal district in Odisha, 13 households of the Sabar tribal community each

Odisha tribal families get homestead titles

For 92 landless tribal families from Korapot in Odisha, it was a day that marked beginning of a journey towards
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