The Times of India reported on the recent Supreme Court clarification of Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, which underscores and upholds equal inheritance rights for daughters in division of Hindu ancestral property.
Front Page Africa reported on a panel discussion about legal gaps in Liberia’s land rights laws that harm women’s rights to land, featuring remarks from Landesa Land and Gender Specialist Izatta Nagbe.
July 2020
Climate XChange interviewed Landesa’s Center for Women’s Land Rights Program Manager Beth Roberts on the critical linkages between women’s land rights and climate change resilience.
Thomson Reuters interviewed Diana Fletschner about the heightened land rights abuses happening as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Thomson Reuters Foundation quoted Landesa Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux for a story about the release of Prindex survey data on land rights security.
Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux shares three approaches to accelerate gender equality globally by supporting women’s ability to own, manage and control important assets like land.
Landesa, the 2017 LUI Che Woo Prize laureate for Welfare Betterment, is highlighted for its innovative approach to create a better world.
June 2020
ON India highlighted Shipra Deo’s session on “#Land4Women: Gender-Based Violence and Land” during the Land and Property Inclusivity track at Charcha 2020.
Times of India (link is external) — Rudroneel Ghosh writes about the Land and COVID-19 webinars that Landesa helped organize in May. He emphasizes that gains made in women’s empowerment, including gender-equal land rights, need to be maintained and built upon further now more than ever during the COVID-19 response.
May 2020
Village Square profiled a women’s land literacy program, initially piloted by Landesa, that has now trained more than half a million women in India on how to use their mobile phones to access and maintain their land records.
Climate XChange interviewed Landesa’s Center for Women’s Land Rights Program Manager Beth Roberts on the critical linkages between women’s land rights and climate change resilience.
Thomson Reuters interviewed Diana Fletschner about the heightened land rights abuses happening as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Thomson Reuters Foundation quoted Landesa Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux for a story about the release of Prindex survey data on land rights security.
Chief Program Officer Karol Boudreaux shares three approaches to accelerate gender equality globally by supporting women’s ability to own, manage and control important assets like land.
Landesa, the 2017 LUI Che Woo Prize laureate for Welfare Betterment, is highlighted for its innovative approach to create a better world.
June 2020
ON India highlighted Shipra Deo’s session on “#Land4Women: Gender-Based Violence and Land” during the Land and Property Inclusivity track at Charcha 2020.
Times of India (link is external) — Rudroneel Ghosh writes about the Land and COVID-19 webinars that Landesa helped organize in May. He emphasizes that gains made in women’s empowerment, including gender-equal land rights, need to be maintained and built upon further now more than ever during the COVID-19 response.
May 2020
Village Square profiled a women’s land literacy program, initially piloted by Landesa, that has now trained more than half a million women in India on how to use their mobile phones to access and maintain their land records.
ON India highlighted Shipra Deo’s session on “#Land4Women: Gender-Based Violence and Land” during the Land and Property Inclusivity track at Charcha 2020.
Times of India (link is external) — Rudroneel Ghosh writes about the Land and COVID-19 webinars that Landesa helped organize in May. He emphasizes that gains made in women’s empowerment, including gender-equal land rights, need to be maintained and built upon further now more than ever during the COVID-19 response.
May 2020
Village Square profiled a women’s land literacy program, initially piloted by Landesa, that has now trained more than half a million women in India on how to use their mobile phones to access and maintain their land records.
Village Square profiled a women’s land literacy program, initially piloted by Landesa, that has now trained more than half a million women in India on how to use their mobile phones to access and maintain their land records.