The unheard truth : poverty and human rights /

Khan, Irene.

The unheard truth : poverty and human rights / Irene Khan ; with David Petrasek ; foreword by Kofi Annan. - First Indian edition. - New York : New Delhi : W. W. Norton & Company, ; Viva Books, 2010 - xv, 250 p. : illustrations, photos ; 23cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The world's worst human rights crisis -- Freedom and its critics-why 'voice' matters -- Freedom from discrimination-ending exclusion -- Living in fear-securing rights -- Poverty trapped-from the sequence to the circle -- Needless deaths-the rigth to safe motherhood -- The global slum-giving people a right to their city -- The scramble for resources-local rights, global duties -- Claming rights-legal empowerment to end poverty -- From acknowledgement to action.

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