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India Targeting Rural Land Insecurity with State-level Programs and New National Bill
This post was originally published on USAID’s Land Tenure and Property Rights Portal There is growing recognition that India cannot
Helping the Invisible
More than 17 million rural families—children, women and men—across India are invisible. They are invisible to the government and to
Connecting Rule of Law and Land Rights
During my two decades of work as a promoter of good governance and the Rule of Law, I have seen
China’s polluted farmlands carry the seeds of change
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as “A clean start” and on scmp.com. Gao Yu
3 Ways to Make Private Land Investment and Individual Land Rights Mutually Beneficial
Recently in Uganda, I met Esther, a young widow with multiple children, farming a few acres of land. Esther’s rights
Emerging Voices: Ashok Sircar on Women’s Right to Inherit Land in India
By Dr. Ashok Sircar, Program Director, Landesa India This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel
Land: A Foundation for Development
The Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel recently posted an exciting article by Stephanie Hanson of the One Acre Fund on empowering female smallholder
Balancing Customary Law and Gender Equality in Land Rights: Mmusi and Others v. Ramantele and Another
In a number of African countries, customary inheritance law is on trial. This “sea change” toward gender equality in southern
Spanking, drunk driving and women’s land rights
What do smoking, spanking, and drunk driving have in common? Once upon a time they were behaviors accepted by society.
Obama on Myanmar Land Rights
During this week’s historic first visit to Myanmar by an American President, President Obama was right to shine a spotlight
