There are 7, 128 content items of different types and languages related to land rights on the Land Portal.
Tenure reform: Lessons from the Global South
A Q&A with researcher Anne Larson on the changing conditions of rights and resources in discussion at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Ten Signs of an Impending Global Land Rights Revolution
By Chris Jochnick, President and CEO of Landesa
The development community has experienced various “revolutions” over the years – from microfinance to women’s rights, from the green revolution to sustainable development. Each of these awakenings has improved our understanding of the challenges we face; each has transformed the development landscape, mostly for the better.
International Women's Day - 7 women who refuse to wait for their rights
By Rachel Crome, Digital editor at Amnesty International
If there’s one thing we learned from January’s historic Women’s March, it’s that women are fed up of waiting. More than 3 million people – of all genders – marched worldwide for women’s rights, spurred on by US President Donald Trump’s misogynistic remarks and the growing backlash against women’s human rights around the world.
Hope for ‘The Future’ in Colombia
Colombia’s peaceful future hinges greatly on how the country deals with one issue: land.
Land Rights Provide Stability and Security for Women Living with HIV
By Marian Amissah-Ocran
First, Maame Kraba was diagnosed with HIV. Shortly thereafter, her husband died of the disease. For Maame, a young mother of two children living in Western Region, Ghana, her husband’s death marked an abrupt change in her family’s circumstances, one that would put her rights to land in jeopardy.
Why Women's Empowerment Must Start with Land Rights
By Justine Uvuza, senior gender and land tenure specialist at Landesa
Property and citizenship are in many ways what define us, and they interact in fascinating ways.
Three myths about rural women
Common stereotypes can hinder the advance of women’s opportunities on the ground
By Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Agnes Quisumbing, and Sophie Theis
Land, Resource Investments, and Climate Change: 3 Key Takeaways
Any discussion on climate change and sustainable investment in natural resources must grapple with land—a complicated yet crucial component of the search for equitable climate change solutions. In the context of resource investments, land is deeply entwined with both climate change impacts and climate change actions. At the risk of oversimplifying a complex and nuanced topic, here are three key takeaways on the interactions between resource investments, land use, land rights, and climate change.