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    ADVISORY-Package on challenges facing widows globally from the Thomson Reuters Foundation

    Tue, 21 Jun 2016 16:54 PM

    :ADVISORY-Package on challenges facing widows globally from the Thomson Reuters Foundation

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    How a land title became one woman's ticket to freedom

    Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:23 AM

    "I was a laughing stock when I was applying for a bank loan, but those who were laughing at me now come for advice"

  3. article

    "Feminine" virtues blamed for unequal land rights in Rwanda, research shows

    Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:53 AM

    Female "silence and submissiveness" stop women from taking advantage of equal property laws in Rwanda

  4. article

    Lebanese citizenship law strips women of identity and property

    Fri, 27 May 2016 08:58 AM

    Under a 91-year-old law, women married to foreigners cannot pass their Lebanese nationality on to their children

  5. article

    Why land means hope for India's vulnerable single women

    Tue, 24 May 2016 09:45 AM

    A district in the eastern state of Odisha is challenging gender inequality by giving land to vulnerable women living alone

  6. blog

    We don't know how many women own land. Why?

    Tue, 17 May 2016 15:34 PM

    We know women's legal rights to own, inherit and farm land are crucial. So why is it still so hard to know how many women have rights?

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    FACTBOX-Women's land rights around the world

    Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:01 AM

    Did you know that widows in 35 countries do not have equal land inheritance rights?

  8. article

    Women forced to trade sex for land rights, global research finds

    Mon, 9 May 2016 11:42 AM

    Women tend to be taken advantage of due to a lack of knowledge of their rights and low levels of literacy

  9. article

    Poverty, child marriage, violence decline when women own land -World Bank

    Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:22 PM

    "If women have stronger bargaining power ... their husbands will think twice before beating them because they can move out and take their money with them" -economist

  10. article

    'My land, my life' - West African women march for land rights

    Tue, 8 Mar 2016 14:03 PM

    In sub-Saharan Africa, women make up more than half of the agricultural workforce, yet fewer than one in five own farms, U.N. says

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