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Commentary Series, Part III: Property Rights for Every Woman and Man
This post is part of a series developed by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Landesa to highlight the
Sowing it Forward
By Bholanath Chakladar This week, 55,339 destitute families across West Bengal will receive legal title to a micro-plot of land. The
Landesa’s Telangana Land Caravan | Daily Photo Journal
February 18, 2014 — News Update: Indian Parliament Voting to Create New State of Telangana On Tuesday, the Lower House
What ‘Downton Abbey’ can teach us about women and inheritance
As fans of Downton Abbey know, women’s lack of inheritance rights have brought down dynasties, impelled marriages, and divided families. What may
Mandela’s Legacy of Land Rights
When Nelson Mandela assumed the presidency of South Africa almost 20 years ago, he recognized that the country could not
The High Cost of Migration in China
Over the last three decades, more than 260 million rural residents of China have moved to the cities in one
World’s poorest need land rights to cope with climate change
We are not all equally affected by climate change. While the recent tornados in the U.S. Midwest and last year’s
Myth Busting: How We Can Really Achieve Food Security
The majority of the world’s hungry make their living from agriculture – a cruel irony. They are hungry generation after
How to manage African land conflicts through informal justice systems
This post originally appeared on Devex as part of their Land Matters campaign. Conflicts and disputes are a natural and
Peace, land and the development challenge
This post originally appeared on Devex as part of their Land Matters campaign. The Millennium Summit follow-up report of the U.N. secretary-general
