Paralegals Bringing Legal Aid to Women in India
An ambitious new campaign aims to bring land rights, stability, security, and opportunity to 43,000 poor and landless women and their families in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India. Training hundreds of paralegals to help thousands of women gain control over their land.
Landesa Weighs in on the Threat of Land Takings in China
An Op-ed by Landesa Founder Roy Prosterman and Gao Yu, Landesa's China Country Director, ran in the South China Morning Post and argues for laws to be strengthened around land rights for poor farmers in China. The article is about the need to strengthen land rights to protect farmers in China.
The China Daily Cites Landesa Survey Findings
An article in The China Daily states the case that if farmers are not protected from commercial land acquisitions that undermine their land rights, it will continue to create social instability and disrupt agricultural productivity. The article reports on the findings of Landesa's land rights survey of 17 provinces in China. To read the article,
USA Today reports: China’s farmers and developers clash
Calum MacLeod reports in USA Today on the rise of rural land takings, first reported in Landesa's survey across 17 provinces in China. The article draws from the survey's key findings and quotes Landesa's senior attorney in China, Li Ping. To read this article that spotlights farmers in the line of fire, and Chinese agriculture at a crossroads,
Landesa’s 2010 Annual Report is now online
Our annual report illustrates our scaled growth and includes a letter from our ...