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CENTER FOR WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS
Groundbreaking research on women's forestland rights issues in China
 Landesa is conducting research on the impact of China's forest land reform on rural women - the first comprehensive analysis from a gender perspective on this reform. Learn more
Photo by: Xiaobei Wang
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INDIA
New TV series becomes a resource for landless
 Roughly half of property owners in the state of Andhra Pradesh can't make full use of their land because they have clouded ownership. A new television program aims to address this problem. Learn more
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LIBERIA
Reporting research to inform government policy
Landesa is using its research findings on customary land tenure for recommendations on important policy and legal reforms in Liberia. Learn more
Photo by: Ailey Kaiser Hughes
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CHINA
Fieldwork in Sichuan Province reveals farmers land rights improved but still under threat
 Interviews with farmers and their families across seven counties of Sichuan Province found farmers under pressure from scale farming and urban sprawl. Learn more
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EVENTS
Women's Land Rights briefing on Sept 13
Join Landesa's India Country Director Gregory Rake and Landesa attorney Deena Ledger for a discussion on how women's land rights are helping poverty alleviation in India. This discussion will be held September 13 at K&L Gates in Seattle. Learn more
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fulbright Grant awarded to Ailey Kaiser Hughes
Landesa land tenure associate, Ailey Kaiser Hughes, earned the prestigious Fulbright scholarship to research women's land rights and economic development in the Kyrgyz Republic. She will be affiliated with the University of Central Asia and will be conducting comparative research in the region during the 2011-2012 academic year.
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