AHMEDABAD, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hansaben Rasid knows what it is like to live without a water tap or a toilet of her own, constantly fearful of being evicted by city officials keen on ...

NAIROBI/LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rising before dawn, the women emerged from their ramshackle shacks and squelched through the mud to stand in line for water in Kibera, Nairobi's biggest ...

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A private university will offer training for women traders in Nairobi slums. Catholic University of Eastern Africa’s (CUEA) training will equip women in Kibera and Mathare slums with entrepreneurship ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, one of Rio de Janeiro’s most impoverished and violent favelas. One of its residents, ...

As the first bursts of gunfire rang out, the women from La Saline slum grabbed their kids and fled for cover. Shootings are common here, but this time, there was no outrunning the full-on battle ...

A heat wave has left water in short supply across India’s capital region. The poorest are left to crowd around tankers to get whatever they can. By Sameer Yasir Photographs and Video by Saumya ...

In a world where ambitions are generally contained by reality, there are a few individuals who go against the odds and sculpt ...

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