Human Rights

Divergent Sectors, Merging Routes

Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Making Digital Health Access a Rights…

The Structural Violence Inflicted on Girls in India’s Orphanages

“Another world is not only possible, she is on…

Why I Started Talking About Abortion

Last year, I was sitting in a hotel restaurant across from my…

Rethinking Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Why It’s Time for a Paradigm Shift

Housing as a Human Right in the South Bronx, NYC

Diana* had arrived in New York City just one week ago and did not understand how the subway worked. Puerto Rico, her home, was still without power and water after Hurricane Maria. She was pregnant and alone, and when I met her she told me, “I…

The Disability Rights Movement — Keeping the Momentum Going!

Design Musings: Slum Upgrading

This post was co-authored by Claire Weil.

No electricity. No water. No sewage. No bathroom. No services. No safety. Tin roof leaking rain water. Plastic sheets. Mountains and rivers of trash. Collapsing structures held together by scraps…

Does Health for All Include Health for Street Children, Too?

Danny*, a 14 year old boy, has been living on the streets in Kigali for more than a year. I first saw him on a chilly evening a few weeks ago — he was wearing torn clothes and old shoes, and his body was covered in dust. He…