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The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance 2013

Includes overview of Afghanistan’s government.

(KABUL) - Eleventh edition and still going strong. The 2013 version of the annual “A to Z Guide” is now available.

The goal is to enhance understanding of the actors, structures and government processes related to aid and reconstruction efforts.

Human Rights Ambassador Asked to Protect, Promote and Fulfill the Human Right to Adequate Housing

India castes thousands of its poorest to the street.

(YORK, UK) - Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes asks India to observe national and international law in respecting, protecting, promoting and fulfilling the human right to adequate housing.

1,200 homes were bulldozed, and 5,000 slum dwellers evicted from already-impoverished Koramangala in a recent four-day, weekend operation. Several hundred police officers used sticks to evict people and leave them in a perilous state with no access to clean water, no toilets, and no roof over their heads.

What`s the Federal Poverty Level for 2013?

OCPP has updated its chart HUD Median Income Limits for Oregon Compared to Poverty Income.

(SILVERTON, OR) - The federal government has released the 2013 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines, better known as the "federal poverty level."

Petition for Eradication of `Manual Scavenging`: Maila Mukti Yatra

'Manual Scavenging' is a gross human right violation under various legislation and International human rights laws.

(LONDON) - In recent European parliament session, resolution was pass on caste discrimination in India, also highlighted the inhuman practice of manual scavenging.

On 3rd September 2012, “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and Their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012" has been introduced in the Lok Sabha. As it awaits discussion, we put forth our recommendation and demand in the bill.

The Poverty of Relative Deprivation

Give a man a spade and he'll plant a seed. Give him a horse and plow and he'll plant a crop.
Give him a tractor and he'll drive to the nearest liquor store
- Ancient Peace Corps rubric.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - Julius Grodinsky was a wise man who was once a prof at The Wharton School in Philadelphia, at whose feet I was first introduced to the early marvel of Texas Instruments, not to mention the alchemy made possible by mixing bourbon and sweet vermouth.

He also delivered a universal truth, as valid in 1960 as it is today...

Every Four Seconds Someone in the World Dies of Hunger

There are about a billion people that suffer from hunger worldwide

(MADRID) - The nudity of the indigent world could be dressed up in the leftover decorations of those who are vain, affirms Goldsmith.

Capitalism 2

This is the text of a talk I delivered to the Calgary group Poverty Talks on the first anniversary of the OWS movement.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Why are so many people in our society poor? Because they’re animals. And because they’re animals, it’s difficult, if not impossible, for them to escape from their lives of deprivation and degradation. Political scientist and social activist Francis Fox Piven summarized the plight of the poor and working poor:

“Some of the aged, the disabled, the insane, and others who are of no use as workers are left on the relief rolls, and their treatment is so degrading and punitive as to instill in the laboring masses a fear of the fate that awaits them should they relax into beggary and pauperism.”

India Tops the World in Under-5 Deaths

According to an estimate, about one third of world’s poor lived in India.

(RENO,NV) - India is top in the world for under-five deaths at 1.7 million, which is 24% of the share of total number of such deaths, according to a new UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) report.

Under-5 mortality rate of India was 61 in 2011, where neonatal causes, followed by pneumonia were the highest cause of such deaths.

Squatting Law Criminalises the Homeless to Protect the Rich

The criminalisation of squatting is aimed at protecting profits, not people, argues Vivyan Raoul.

(LONDON) - So, they've finally done it. They finally criminalised squatting. On Saturday, it became a criminal offence, with it a penalty of up to six months in jail or a £5000 fine, to trespass in a residential property, under section 144 of Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO).

Successive governments have made overtures, initiated clumsy attempts, but all have stopped short of actually criminalising the homeless.

Oregon Is Only State with Improved Health Coverage, but Poverty Rises and Income Flatlines

Includes link to the associated fact sheet.

(SILVERTON, OR) - OCPP has prepared a two-page fact sheet (PDF) summarizing key Oregon numbers contained in today's release of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS).

The survey data for 2010-11 showed that Oregon experienced a rise in poverty, a rise in child poverty and stagnation of income for the typical Oregon household.