Irene Khan - Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of ec

Poverty is not only about income poverty, it is about the deprivation of economic and social rights, insecurity, discrimination, exclusion and powerlessness. That is why human rights must not be ignored but given even greater prominence in times of economic crisis.

- Irene Khan

topic: Rights, Insecurity, Poverty, Prominence, Economic Crisis