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Human rights actor urges government to provide decent shelter for the vulnerable
29 Apr 2025 12:40 GMT
… Raphael Godlove Ahenu, an international human rights activist on Tuesday called on … decent shelter is a profound human rights issue that affects the most … themselves in informal settlements or slums, where living conditions are deplorable …
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Adekeye Adebajo | Pope Francis: The Bishop of the Slums
04 May 2025 09:09 GMT
… small Ford Focus. As a “Slum Bishop” in Buenos Aires, Francis … struggles that Francis embraced: poverty, human rights, conflict resolution, climate change, migration … “vaccine nationalism”.
FIGHTING POVERTY, DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS
Francis was the good shepherd …
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Future of Asian metropolises starts from slums
22 Apr 2025 16:00 GMT
… it by ignoring the slums.
Informal settlements and slums hinder economic development … semi-autonomous public agency, helps slum dwellers obtain secure housing through … with opposition from residents and human rights associations, as separating people in …
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‘The Ballot or the Bullet’
09 May 2025 14:31 GMT
… never tells you anything about human rights. They keep you wrapped … right. Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your … God-given rights. Human rights are the … always a ghetto or a slum area. And where you …
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A Mughal widow: Her in-laws ruled India, but she lives in a slum, earning less than a domestic worker
18 Mar 2025 06:05 GMT
… two-room hut in a slum on the outskirts of Kolkata … poignant question in the dingy slum at Howrah she now calls … next to nothing in a slum, she pursued big dreams.
She … a story and noted by human rights advocates wanting to help others …
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The Silent Crisis: Afghan Refugees Face Forced Deportation and the Illusion of a Safe Return
08 May 2025 11:17 GMT
… families are now living in slums, tents, and informal settlements. Widespread … represent a clear violation of human rights. The international community, humanitarian organizations …
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Unseeing Bias And Seeing Beauty: A Review Of ‘A People’s History Of Heaven’
05 May 2025 02:05 GMT
A People’s History of Heaven is a novel written by Mathangi Subramanian, that explores themes of intersecting identities, feminist solidarity, and systemic exclusion. The novel opens in an informal settlement called “Heaven” (Swarga, short for Swargahalli) …
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Leveraging human rights-based approach for migration policy
24 Dec 2024 03:45 GMT
… security. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly Article 14, upholds … providing education and healthcare for slum dwellers.
The strategy on … High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) explained that a Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA …
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Firm honours winners at human rights awards
12 Dec 2024 02:25 GMT
… to advancing community development and human rights across Africa.
Celebrating outstanding individuals … Onakoya, Founder of Chess in Slums Africa, a Non-Profit Organisation … on sustainability, community empowerment, and human rights, she said CSR-in-Action …
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Winners Emerge At 2024 Community, Human Rights Africa Awards
11 Dec 2024 13:06 GMT
… to advancing community development and human rights across Africa. Sponsored and supported … Onakoya, Founder of Chess in Slums Africa, a Non-Profit Organisation … on sustainability, community empowerment, and human rights, CSR-in-Action continues to …