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5 girls who said NO to child marriage in West Bengal
This photo essay originally appeared on ONE.org. The Girls Project, a partnership between the government of West Bengal and Landesa, aims
Four Proven Innovations to Provide Secure Land Rights
The following blog is taken from the remarks of Landesa Founder Roy Prosterman made today before the European Parliament’s High-Level
Commentary Series, Part IX: Forest Tenure Security for Long Term Security against Deforestation
This post is part of a series developed by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Landesa to highlight the importance of securing land
The High Cost of Migration in China
Over the last three decades, more than 260 million rural residents of China have moved to the cities in one
A Dark Day for Kenyan Women: Why Kenya Must Not Pass its Revised Marriage Property Bill
Three years ago, the world cheered when parliamentarians drafted, and voters approved, provisions in the country’s new constitution to guarantee
What We Can Learn From the Last Case of Polio
A two-year-old girl named Arshi was one of last people in India to get polio. Her case is remarkable for a
Fighting Poverty with Land
This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel. In 2005, our non-profit, Landesa, partnered with the government
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
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.
