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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
A Revolution from the Ground Up
Women in Ol Pusimoru, Kenya have much to celebrate today – but it hasn’t been an easy journey. Back in
Four Ways to Help Myanmar’s Rural Poor
This post was originally featured on the World Economic Forum Blog. Today, about half of the world’s population is urban. This
A Priceless Asset for India’s Women
This article was originally posted by the Wall Street Journal on their India Real Time blog on April 19, 2013. The Indian
Show Me Your Palms, Sister
By Swati Bhattacharjee – a chief reporter-district for the Bengali newspaper “Ananda Bazar Patrika.” This is an excerpt from her original
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Inspiration from Kenya
My name is Jen Duncan and I’m a senior attorney at Landesa. People often ask me, “I think I understand
Bride Kidnapping and Land Rights in Rural Kyrgyzstan
Nazgul, then 19, was refilling cups of tea at the roadside café where she worked when three young men arrived.
The feminization of farming means women’s land rights have never been more important
By Renée Giovarelli and D. Hien Tran This post originally appeared on the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ “Global Food for
Invisible and Voiceless
By Kalpana Sharma After a poor monsoon season, much of India now appears to be headed into a serious drought.
A Prosperous New Year for China’s Farmers
As more than 200 million people board buses, trains, and planes for lunar New Year celebrations in their ancestral homes