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New National Land Policy Offers Promise for Tanzania’s Rural Residents
The Government of Tanzania launched its revised National Land Policy, which contains provisions to improve land governance nationwide.
The Dobbs Decision Reminds Us Feminism Must Be Global and Intersectional
Landesa’s Beth Roberts, Gina Alvarado, and Melissa Padilla examine the parallels between reproductive rights, the still-raging fight to affirm equal
Despite courts, the plot is against daughters
A new court ruling in India expands the scope of a daughter’s right to inherit land, but the bigger picture
Inheritance Of Agricultural Land By Women: There Is Distance Yet To Travel
Shipra Deo and Robert Mitchell summarize progress toward securing inheritance rights for women in India.
Women’s participation in land decision-making bodies in Tanzania: An overview
Godfrey Massay highlights some of the international, regional, and national commitments that seek to improve women’s participation in land governing
Gender Equality: Women, Land, and Data
Closing a data gap may seem technocratic and boring. But the social and economic empowerment prospects of more than one
With a historic legal decision, India marks progress toward equal inheritance rights for daughters
The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that daughters shall enjoy equal rights to inherit family land – an overdue
The Victims of Salaminita: The road to land restitution in Colombia
This post originally appeared on Place. By Adriana Ortiz-Serrano For the 263 residents of Salaminita, a village near Colombia’s Caribbean
A Jedi Approach for Companies to Manage Grievances and Land-Related Risk
This blog originally appeared on Cambridge Core. By Lukasz Czerwinski Doing business in the Global South can be a risky
Local Movement Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights in Brazil
This blog was originally published by SDG Funders. By Patricia Chaves, Jolyne Sanjak and Malcolm Childress On Feb. 1, 2017,
