Shipra Deo is a gender and land rights expert with more than 15 years of experience in managing multidisciplinary programs addressing women’s empowerment, women’s land rights, violence against women, agriculture, collective action, livelihoods and institution building. As Landesa’s Director of Women’s Land Rights, India, Shipra works to improve laws and policies and build awareness of the importance of strengthen land and inheritance rights for women and girls.
On the 2019 International Day of Rural Women, Landesa’s Shipra Deo explores how land rights are an essential element for overturning misperceptions about the role of women in society and…