Land for Women
Only 1 in 6 rural Indian women owns the land they work on.
Our Land for Women programme enables rural and multiple marginalised women in India to access land rights and ownership, helping them become more independent and financially secure.
HOW IT WORKS
We partner with NGOs and local communities to raise awareness for women’s land rights, and increase the number of women who own land in India. The programme develops locally sustainable models that can be adapted and scaled across the country.
Land ownership as a pathway to progress
When women have access to land, it initiates a cascade of positive changes, impacting the entire ecosystem as a whole.
Our Approach
We fund grassroots organisations who are implementing land rights programmes on the ground. Our programme is focused on supporting ‘multiple marginalised’ women, including widows, tribal women and women facing violence. We do this by:
Increasing women’s land ownership
Increasing long term land access for secure livelihoods
Increasing land literacy among women
Enhancing capacities of grassroot NGOs to deliver successful programmes
Spotlighting women’s land rights among funders and other stakeholders
Here's a snapshot of our impact so far
213,700+
Women made aware of their land rights
35,000+
Women access/control/own land
5,200+
Women leaders trained
1,900+
Villages covered
$2.2M
Funds unlocked via government schemes for women
2,200+
Women in leadership roles in local governance institutes
Where we work
The Land for Women programme is exclusively designed for enhancing women’s land entitlement and income in rural parts of India. We currently work in six states across India with our partner NGOs.
Thanks to our technical partners
And our NGO partners
“People used to see me as a labourer before, but now they see me as a farmer.”
SEVATI BAI
Farmer, Kothi Village, Chhattisgarh