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Displaying 71 - 74 of 74Why Funders Must Prioritise Land Rights for Women: Catalysing Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality in India
India has made significant strides in empowering women over the past few decades, starting with self-help groups (SHGs) that became powerful vehicles for social inclusion. Government and NGO efforts later expanded to skilling and livelihood initiatives, helping women increase their income and build small businesses within their communities. Yet, despite this progress, the urgent need remains for a long-term, sustainable solution to women's empowerment.
What are the requirements for a good and robust land administration?
Reliable tamper-proof records with a real time link between Registration, Survey and Revenue departments with common shared textual and spatial data that are geo-referenced and ground-truthed so that there is no need for repeated universal ground survey.
India's Urgent Need for Clarity on Land Issues: The Role of the India Land and Development Conference
Landstack
Land data inadequacies and information asymmetry are at the heart of the manifold problems that complicate land governance and make outcomes less inclusive, unjust and often conflict-ridden. Wholesale absence of information or critical gaps even where data exists, inaccuracy and failure to update, all impact the utility and credibility of land data.