Shipra Deo is director of Women’s Land Rights in India for Landesa Rural Development Institute, which aims to advance pro-poor, gender-sensitive land rights reform using law and policy tools. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/shipra-deo/rss en Asset and Property Rights Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:59:24 +0000 Shipra Deo https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/10/15/rural-women-celebrating-the-culture-of-courage https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/10/15/rural-women-celebrating-the-culture-of-courage On the U.N.’s International Day of Rural Women, Shipra Deo of land rights organization Landesa looks at two women who embody the tenacious spirit found in India’s rural communities and explains how overturning gender inequality is central to achieving the SDGs.