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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT
Odisha's newest landholders
 98 tribal families living for generations in Odisha on land for which they did not have recognized claims recently received ownership titles. Now with the long-term security that the title represents, these families have control over an essential asset to help them work their way out of poverty.
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NEW RESOURCES
Issue Brief | Land rights and food security
 This new issue brief establishes the link between improved land rights, particularly for women, and subsequent benefits in improved household food security and nutrition.When farmers, especially women, have more control over assets like land, they are better equipped to grow and purchase nutritious food for their families.
Video | This is My Land: Rwanda
 Watch and share This is My Land: Rwanda, a video spotlighting the impact of secure land rights on a village in Rwanda. Meet farmers sharing in their own voice how their lives have changed since receiving documented proof of their legal right to land.
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EVENTS
Land rights takes center stage at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
 Landesa CEO Tim Hanstad presented to the Skoll World Forum last week, sharing his optimism for how social entrepreneurship is addressing some of the world's most pressing challenges and the role land rights has in creating structural change.
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Roy Prosterman named winner of the Thomas C. Wales Award for Passionate Citizenship
 Landesa founder and University of Washington law professor, Roy Prosterman, will receive the Thomas C. Wales Award for Passionate Citizenship, given to civic leaders from the Puget Sound region. The award will be presented Friday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m. at the "Night Among Heroes" event at FareStart in Seattle. More info on the award and the event
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APRIL 2012 IssueLandesa's monthly newsletter featuring program highlights, latest resources, and news.
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Landesa in the News
The ONE Campaign posted a blog by Landesa CEO Tim Hanstad on how women can solve the global food security problem.
The Guardian article on another uprising in China over land rights references Landesa's survey research.
Tim Hanstad writes in the Huffington Post on the catalytic potential of land rights.
Huffington Post UK editor-in-chief reviews her favorite moments from the Skoll World Forum.
Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg writes about why social entrepreneurship matters.
The GlobalPost published an article by Landesa's senior attorney, Deborah Espinosa, on the promise that Kenya's new constitution holds for the country's women.
Reporter Jessica Mack discusses how women's land rights are a foundation for agricultural development to expand.
An article in PassBlue describes how land rights for women transformed a community in rural Odisha, India.
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