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HSSA Study report
Even though 85 per cent of rural women are engaged in agriculture, only 13 per cent of them own land. The situation is far worse in Bihar, where only 7 per cent of women have land rights. ‘The story is not very different in our village either. Most women do not own land or any kind of property. They are at the mercy of men,’ Anwer said.’—A Feast of Vultures