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Tanzania Youth Land Rights Assessment
Landesa Tanzania provides an overview of Tanzanian law as it pertains to youth land rights, identifies gaps and challenges in
A Report on High Level Findings from Research on Women’s Participation in Forest Governance Bodies in Nimba, Grand Bassa and Margibi Counties
This report provides a set of clear, in-depth recommendations to the Liberia Land Authority on improving women’s participation in community-level
Gender Inequality in Inheritance Laws: The Case of Agricultural Land in India
In a framework of economy of individual property, inheritance is one of the most common ways to access and own
Leveraging the SDGs to Improve Women’s Land Rights: Model Validation
Espaço Feminista, Landesa, and Land Alliance have partnered to disseminate and support a model developed by Espaço Feminista to strengthen
Evaluation of the SABLA-Kanyashree Program in Six Districts of West Bengal, India
This report details findings from a mixed-methods evaluation of the SABLA-Kanyashree program conducted by Landesa between February and June 2018.
Land Rights as a Critical Factor in Donor Agricultural Investments: Constraints and opportunities for YieldWise in Kenya’s mango value chain
This paper explores the implications of Kenya’s land tenure situation on the Rockefeller Foundation’s Yieldwise initiative in the Kenyan mango
Using Innovative Research Methodologies to Uncover Nuance and Diversity: The results of household diaries in Odisha, India
Homestead land allocation and regularization programs are expected to yield a wide range of short, medium and long term outcomes.
Synthesis Report – Gender & Collectively Held Land
Where collective tenure arrangements are either being formalized or supported for the sake of securing the community’s rights to land,
Women’s Land Tenure Framework: Inheritance
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights developed the Women’s Land Tenure Framework to assist anyone who is interested in
Women’s Land Tenure Framework: Land Rights
The Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights developed the Women’s Land Tenure Framework to assist anyone who is interested in









