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Granting Women Their Land Rights Benefits Everyone
This article was originally published by News Deeply. By Melany Grout A majority of the world’s poorest share three traits:
A Window into the Future: Involving Boys to End Child Marriage
This post originally appeared on Girls Not Brides. By Poulami Sanyal A window into the future. That’s how I think
What Uber and Airbnb Can Teach Us About Global Development
This blog post originally appeared on Next Billion. By Chris Jochnick Technology and social networks are the oft-cited parents of
Why gender equality must include customary laws
This blog was originally published by World Economic Forum. By Tzili Mor One of the greatest challenges facing women in
Why Women Deserve to Be Counted
In his July 26 speech to a packed Safaricom Indoor Arena in Nairobi, Kenya, U.S. President Barack Obama told his
On Women’s Equality Day, Why Agitating for Gender Equity Still Matters
Ninety-five years ago today women in the United States gained access to the ballot box, thanks to the passage of
Why the Modi government must work on land reform before land acquisition
India’s economy has already crossed $2 trillion and is growing annually at around 6%. But these figures cannot hide the
Not Your Land: How the Development Community Evicted the Poor
The World Bank recently acknowledged a troubling fact: While working to rid the world of poverty through projects that required
Women Help Girls in India with Land Rights Education
Swapna Dey has dozens of daughters. They come to see her every Sunday afternoon. “The girls share everything with me,” Dey
How information empowers girls against child marriage
By Amit Kumar Ghosh, Landesa District Project Coordinator This post originally appeared on GirlsNotBrides.org on Wednesday 12th Nov 2014. More than 40,000
