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Respecting land rights with PepsiCo
To help strengthen land rights for rural women and men and help mitigate risk to businesses, Landesa frequently advises companies
Community participation will be essential to the success of India’s rural property mapping effort
The Government of India announced an ambitious effort to map residential areas in villages using drone technology and provide “property
In Myanmar, a Land Rights Program is Accelerating Gender Equality, Growing Rural Incomes, and Preserving Forests
What if we could alleviate rural poverty, strengthen women’s rights, and help turn the tide against climate change, all at
Their land, our future: To arrest the climate crisis, we need a democratic overhaul
Both the climate crisis and inequality require a democratic overhaul. Governments globally should start by turning over legal control of land and natural resources to
Why Women Farmers Deserve the Right to Identity
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for
Women Help Feed the World. Why Can’t They Own Land?
In rural areas worldwide, the land rights gender gap still prevents millions of women from accessing the same resources &
Daughters’ inheritance rights in Uttar Pradesh
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens
OPINION: Solve land rights in Central America to stem U.S. migrant crisis
Landesa’s Sr. Research and Evaluation Advisor Gina Alvarado argues that the US should invest in programming that strengthens the land
Realizing Land Rights to Deliver for Rural Women
The gender gap in land manifests itself in a stark reality – around the world, less than 15% of all landholders are women,
Women’s Land Rights: Shifting Power for Gender Equality
By Beth Roberts | Investments in women’s land rights are a prerequisite to full and substantive gender equality that benefits
