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Taking Land out of the Footnotes
By Vivien Savath, Research and Evaluation Specialist Released at a time when global food security is headlining the news every
Impact of Forestland Reforms on Rural Women in China
By Xiaobei Wang, China Gender Specialist, and Elisa Scalise, Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights. Thirty years ago, in
Land Law Advocacy for Farmers in China
This blog originally appeared on the World Bank Development Marketplace Blog. Even though Chinese law offers farmers protection from land
A Letter to the G(irls)20 Summit Delegates
The G(irls)20 Summit was held from May 24-31 in Mexico City, Mexico just before the leaders of the world’s most powerful
Partner Guest Blog: Why Land Rights Should Be on the Rio+20 Agenda
This article was authored by Peter Veit and Janet Ranganathan of Landesa partner, World Resources Institute (WRI), and was originally posted
Poor Land Tenure: A Key Component to Why Nations Fail
This article was originally posted on The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars’ New Security Beat blog The murder of five
Next steps to put voluntary guidelines into action to address the global land rush
Since 2008, a global land rush—sparked initially by a dramatic rise in global food prices and now driven by a
Women’s land rights and nutrition
While there is no silver bullet to solve global hunger, discussion at the Global Conference of Women in Agriculture (GCWA),
How women can help solve the global food security problem
Four years ago, Asira Nzamwitaakuze, a Rwandan farmer and mother of four young children, more than doubled her harvest when
Change requires a movement
I have been working on issues related to women’s secure rights to the land they farm for over 15 years,
