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Delaying Early Marriage Through A Sack of Chilies
This post originally appeared on The Daily Beast’s website. For many girls around the world, adolescence is when they begin
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
New Resource for Women’s (Land) Rights Practitioners: LandWise
A new free, user-friendly, searchable database that contains laws, articles, and practice materials related to women’s land rights is now
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
To combat hunger, give land rights to rural women
This post was originally published by the Christian Science Monitor on July 17, 2013. When world leaders gathered in London
3 Ways to Make Private Land Investment and Individual Land Rights Mutually Beneficial
Recently in Uganda, I met Esther, a young widow with multiple children, farming a few acres of land. Esther’s rights
Small actions can lead to big impact
At Landesa, we see a future in which all who depend on land for their well-being have secure land rights
Emerging Voices: Ashok Sircar on Women’s Right to Inherit Land in India
By Dr. Ashok Sircar, Program Director, Landesa India This post originally appeared on the Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel
Four Ways to Help Myanmar’s Rural Poor
This post was originally featured on the World Economic Forum Blog. Today, about half of the world’s population is urban. This
A Priceless Asset for India’s Women
This article was originally posted by the Wall Street Journal on their India Real Time blog on April 19, 2013. The Indian
