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Getting ALL Children Back to School
As my three daughters sharpen pencils, don their backpacks, and head back to school, it pains me to remember that
Building Capacity for Women’s Land Rights: Landesa’s Visiting Professionals Program
A group of women from Africa and Asia will soon gather in Seattle for a boot camp of sorts. They’ll
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
How Small Plots Of Land Helped Lift An Entire Indian Village Out Of Poverty
Guest post by Ariel Schwartz, Senior Editor of FastCompany’s Co.Exist site. This article was originally published on July 10, 2012
Maasai elders vow to protect and support rights of women and girls
This blog was originally posted on the ONE Campaign blog. Dozens of Maasai elders in the Kenyan highlands, who serve
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
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
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),