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Women’s Land Rights Can Help Grow Food Security
This blog originally appeared in The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. By Jolyne Sanjak When land tenure experts like me
Free from Harm: Rights to Land and a Brighter Future for Women
I’ll never forget the day one of my students in Bangladesh told me she had to drop out of school.
Women Help Girls in India with Land Rights Education
Swapna Dey has dozens of daughters. They come to see her every Sunday afternoon. “The girls share everything with me,” Dey
How information empowers girls against child marriage
By Amit Kumar Ghosh, Landesa District Project Coordinator This post originally appeared on GirlsNotBrides.org on Wednesday 12th Nov 2014. More than 40,000
Keeping girls in school and reducing vulnerability to child marriage
This post was originally published by the International Examiner on November 6, 2014. In the last year, girls living in
5 girls who said NO to child marriage in West Bengal
This photo essay originally appeared on ONE.org. The Girls Project, a partnership between the government of West Bengal and Landesa, aims
A New Chapter
During my 27 years at Landesa, including the last ten as CEO and President, I’ve had the privilege of seeing
Who Gets to Eat the Fish’s Head?
Anuradha Bandyopadhyay was a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Girls Project in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India for Landesa.
Four Proven Innovations to Provide Secure Land Rights
The following blog is taken from the remarks of Landesa Founder Roy Prosterman made today before the European Parliament’s High-Level
Cultural Barriers in India Impede Women’s Legal Right to Inherit Land
By Ashok Sircar and Diana Fletschner As their husbands, fathers, and brothers migrate to cities in search of work, women
