On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for overturning misperceptions about the role of women in society and on the farm.
September 2019
With the world’s food supply under threat and millions already facing climate-driven migration, a land-use revolution is needed. Legal reforms that strengthen rural communities’ land rights are essential to providing the leverage and incentive to invest in climate resilience.
August 2019
In Dar es Salaam, Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service convened leading women’s rights organizations, including Landesa, to discuss how legal pro bono can strengthen their work on gender equality.
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens WLRs, the history of WLRs in the region, and practical steps to continue forward progress.
Landesa’s Sr. Research and Evaluation Advisor Gina Alvarado argues that the United States should invest in programming that strengthens the land tenure rights of Central American farmers as a sustainable way to stem the current migrant crisis.
Women Deliver published a blog by Karol Boudreaux, Landesa’s Chief Program Officer, about the existing gender gap in land rights, and the benefits of closing this gap for rural women everywhere.
July 2019
In an Devex op-ed by Tim Hanstad, Landesa is featured as an NGO that partners with governments to conduct research in order to better understand ground realities.
In a statement to Engineering News, Illovo Sugar Africa recounts their collaboration with Landesa and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help the company implement its land rights policies and commitments.
The Coalition of Women Leaders for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CFLEDD) noted Landesa’s support in crafting the Explanatory Note on Women’s Land and Forest Rights in the DRC published earlier this week in Kinshasa.
With the world’s food supply under threat and millions already facing climate-driven migration, a land-use revolution is needed. Legal reforms that strengthen rural communities’ land rights are essential to providing the leverage and incentive to invest in climate resilience.
August 2019
In Dar es Salaam, Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service convened leading women’s rights organizations, including Landesa, to discuss how legal pro bono can strengthen their work on gender equality.
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens WLRs, the history of WLRs in the region, and practical steps to continue forward progress.
Landesa’s Sr. Research and Evaluation Advisor Gina Alvarado argues that the United States should invest in programming that strengthens the land tenure rights of Central American farmers as a sustainable way to stem the current migrant crisis.
Women Deliver published a blog by Karol Boudreaux, Landesa’s Chief Program Officer, about the existing gender gap in land rights, and the benefits of closing this gap for rural women everywhere.
July 2019
In an Devex op-ed by Tim Hanstad, Landesa is featured as an NGO that partners with governments to conduct research in order to better understand ground realities.
In a statement to Engineering News, Illovo Sugar Africa recounts their collaboration with Landesa and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help the company implement its land rights policies and commitments.
The Coalition of Women Leaders for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CFLEDD) noted Landesa’s support in crafting the Explanatory Note on Women’s Land and Forest Rights in the DRC published earlier this week in Kinshasa.
In Dar es Salaam, Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global legal pro bono service convened leading women’s rights organizations, including Landesa, to discuss how legal pro bono can strengthen their work on gender equality.
Shipra Deo, Landesa’s Women’s Land Rights (WLR) Director in India, writes about a new law in Uttar Pradesh that strengthens WLRs, the history of WLRs in the region, and practical steps to continue forward progress.
Landesa’s Sr. Research and Evaluation Advisor Gina Alvarado argues that the United States should invest in programming that strengthens the land tenure rights of Central American farmers as a sustainable way to stem the current migrant crisis.
Women Deliver published a blog by Karol Boudreaux, Landesa’s Chief Program Officer, about the existing gender gap in land rights, and the benefits of closing this gap for rural women everywhere.
July 2019
In an Devex op-ed by Tim Hanstad, Landesa is featured as an NGO that partners with governments to conduct research in order to better understand ground realities.
In a statement to Engineering News, Illovo Sugar Africa recounts their collaboration with Landesa and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help the company implement its land rights policies and commitments.
The Coalition of Women Leaders for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CFLEDD) noted Landesa’s support in crafting the Explanatory Note on Women’s Land and Forest Rights in the DRC published earlier this week in Kinshasa.
In an Devex op-ed by Tim Hanstad, Landesa is featured as an NGO that partners with governments to conduct research in order to better understand ground realities.
In a statement to Engineering News, Illovo Sugar Africa recounts their collaboration with Landesa and the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to help the company implement its land rights policies and commitments.
The Coalition of Women Leaders for the Environment and Sustainable Development (CFLEDD) noted Landesa’s support in crafting the Explanatory Note on Women’s Land and Forest Rights in the DRC published earlier this week in Kinshasa.