The unheard truth : poverty and human rights - Khan, Irene; Petrasek, David; Annan, Kofi A. (Kofi Atta) (New York : W. W. Norton & Company, ; New Delhi : Viva Books, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Poverty; Poor; Human rights