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Read the new report from RDI: Who owns the Carbon in Rural China?
An Analysis of the Legal Regime and Practices with Preliminary Policy Recommendations
By Zhu Keliang, Darryl Vhugen, and Nathan Hilgendorf
http://www.landcoalition.org/cpl-blog/?p=7215
Read MoreRDI Attorney and Photographer Debbie Espinosa to open at ArtXchange Gallery on September 8th, 10th
After receiving an overwhelming response to our initial invitation for September 8th, we’ve scheduled a second reception for Lens on the Land, to be held on Friday, September 10th, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm. Join us at this powerful show, which will feature RDI attorney Deborah Espinosa's beautiful photographs from her fieldwork in India, Russia, and Africa, paired with background information about RDI's impact in the field.
RDI is Working in Rural West Bengal, India to Protect Girls from Trafficking and Early Marriage
RDI's Global Center for Women's Land Rights reports that this project targets 22,500 girls whose families are so poor, they can’t afford to pay the traditional dowry required for marriage. In the past, these families had two choices: either send their daughter away to the city to work and earn her own dowry, or marry her off when she was extremely young, to an older man (in such cases dowry is reduced or eliminated). This made girls vulnerable to abuse and exploitation.
Read MoreA Video Report From RDI’s Office in West Bengal
Want to see how some of our micro-plot programs work? Watch our short video narrated by Gracykutty Middey, RDI's West Bengal State Director. (4:48) See it here.
Read MoreNationwide Survey on Women’s Land Rights in China
In China, RDI is undertaking another nationwide 17-province survey on rural land rights in partnership with Renmin University and Michigan State University. This survey will include a gender component designed by RDI's Global Center for Women's Land Rights to provide more information on how gender differences may affect each family member's ability to use and benefit from the land.
Read MoreOne Billion Rising
Learn how secure land rights can build a better, safer world.
"Land is Hope" Watch the video.
RDI envisions a world free of poverty, and they are making that vision a reality.
