Apple Grower Leads Fight for Property Rights for Indigenous Indian Women
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An indigenous woman in northern India is taking her fight for inheritance rights to the country’s top court, leading others who are pushing back against sexist laws and customs. Ratan Manjari, who heads the women’s rights group Mahila Kalyan Parishad in Himachal Pradesh state, received land she had inherited from her parents – a rare… Read more »