Poverty and Human Rights: News and reports

Burkina Faso: Pregnant women dying because of discrimination
Discrimination prevents them from accessing vital sexual and reproductive health services. Find out more and read our report

Kenya: The unseen majority
More than half of Nairobi's population live in slums and settlements with little access to essential facilities like clean water, toilets, health care and schools. Read the full report (PDF)

Nicaragua: Women's lives and health endangered
Nicaragua's ban on abortions is denying girls and women life-saving treatment,and causing an increase in the country's maternal death rate. Read the full report (PDF)

Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta
The Nigerian government is failing to hold oil companies to account for the pollution they have caused. Read the full report (PDF)

Don't mine us out of existence
Communities living in Orissa in eastern India are at threat from the expansion of an alumina refinery and plans for a new bauxite mining project. Read the full report (PDF