A Potential Step Forward for Those Who Are Furthest from Claiming their Rights

By Matt Davies I’m just back from the United Nations in Geneva where over 100 representatives from Members States, United Nations’ bodies 2011 discuss ways in which to take forward the work on Draft Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. The basis for the meeting’s discussion was the progress report produced by the…

Being a Regular in a Community

Author: Anne-Sylvie Laurent ( Manila, Philippines) If it was my first time to attend a NGO cultural activity held at a Manila public cemetery, I may meet Analyn, a four-year old girl who lives there with her family. I will surely notice that she wears worn-out clothes with some dust on her skin that has…