Beth Roberts provides an overview of the challenges to women’s secure land rights, why those challenges matter in the context of agriculture, and approaches practitioners can employ to overcome them.
April 2021
Beth Roberts writes an op-ed for Devex about women’s essential role in climate action, and how gender-equitable land rights and systems enable their agency and decision-making ability.
Landesa’s Diana Fletschner was interviewed by Iniciativa Tierra y ODS (Land and SDG Initiative) about the SDG Momentum Group’s work to monitor the implementation of land-related goals (1.4, 23, 5.a, 15.3).
Senior Director of Corporate Engagement Scott Schang coordinated a robust public discussion about how to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society by using the Sustainable Development Goals framework. Karol Boudreaux wrote the section on Goal 5: Gender Equality.
March 2021
Godfrey Massay highlights some of the international, regional, and national commitments that seek to improve women’s participation in land governing bodies in Tanzania.
Landesa’s Pinaki Halder was quoted in an article about the next generation’s push for land rights on tea plantations in West Bengal to break the intergenerational cycle of labor.
Landesa was cited in an article about the gendered impacts of the new farm laws in India.
Shipra Deo was interviewed for an article about why national datasets in India differ on women’s land rights, and ideas for how to fix this.
On International Women’s Day, Shipra Deo explains that when it comes to land ownership, India’s culture & practices have always been discriminatory to women. But, women in tribal society are doubly disadvantaged—first as women & second as tribal women.
February 2021
Beth Roberts writes an op-ed for Devex about women’s essential role in climate action, and how gender-equitable land rights and systems enable their agency and decision-making ability.
Landesa’s Diana Fletschner was interviewed by Iniciativa Tierra y ODS (Land and SDG Initiative) about the SDG Momentum Group’s work to monitor the implementation of land-related goals (1.4, 23, 5.a, 15.3).
Senior Director of Corporate Engagement Scott Schang coordinated a robust public discussion about how to accelerate the transition to a sustainable society by using the Sustainable Development Goals framework. Karol Boudreaux wrote the section on Goal 5: Gender Equality.
March 2021
Godfrey Massay highlights some of the international, regional, and national commitments that seek to improve women’s participation in land governing bodies in Tanzania.
Landesa’s Pinaki Halder was quoted in an article about the next generation’s push for land rights on tea plantations in West Bengal to break the intergenerational cycle of labor.
Landesa was cited in an article about the gendered impacts of the new farm laws in India.
Shipra Deo was interviewed for an article about why national datasets in India differ on women’s land rights, and ideas for how to fix this.
On International Women’s Day, Shipra Deo explains that when it comes to land ownership, India’s culture & practices have always been discriminatory to women. But, women in tribal society are doubly disadvantaged—first as women & second as tribal women.
February 2021
Godfrey Massay highlights some of the international, regional, and national commitments that seek to improve women’s participation in land governing bodies in Tanzania.
Landesa’s Pinaki Halder was quoted in an article about the next generation’s push for land rights on tea plantations in West Bengal to break the intergenerational cycle of labor.
Landesa was cited in an article about the gendered impacts of the new farm laws in India.
Shipra Deo was interviewed for an article about why national datasets in India differ on women’s land rights, and ideas for how to fix this.
On International Women’s Day, Shipra Deo explains that when it comes to land ownership, India’s culture & practices have always been discriminatory to women. But, women in tribal society are doubly disadvantaged—first as women & second as tribal women.
