Melany Grout is an attorney and land tenure specialist at Landesa, a global land rights organization. She leads Landesa’s global advocacy on the progress of “post-2015” sustainable development goals, working with stakeholders ranging from civil society organizations and United Nations agencies to country governments. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/melany-grout/rss en Asset and Property Rights Tue, 28 Jun 2016 07:58:22 +0000 Melany Grout https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2016/06/28/granting-women-their-land-rights-benefits-everyone https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2016/06/28/granting-women-their-land-rights-benefits-everyone More than 400 million women around the globe are farmers, but many have no rights to the land they till. Securing those rights is crucial if the world wants to reach its development goals, writes land tenure specialist Melany Grout.