Posts Tagged: inheritance

Modern land reforms remain indispensable to tackle gender inequality in areas where customary discriminatory practices are dominant. Landesa intern Joy

Gender-responsive land tenure and property rights interventions can be an important catalyst in bringing the kind of revolutionary change necessary

Secure land tenure is key to eradicating poverty, increasing agricultural investment and ensuring food security, and is an essential element of climate action

Iniciativa Tierra y ODS (Land and SDG Initiative) spoke with Diana Fletschner about the land-related SDG commitments, what has been

In Jharkhand, eastern India, women are not entitled to own land and accusations of witchcraft are wielded against them to

2020 was a tough year on many fronts, and land rights were no exception. COVID-19 hindered land rights advocates from

More than 65 per cent of youths (defined as ages 15-34) in Tanzania find employment in agriculture, but they lack

The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that daughters shall enjoy equal rights to inherit family land – an overdue

Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens

This blog was originally published by the Hilton Prize Coalition. By Izehi Oriaghan In my academic and professional experience, I