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 ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. There are over 100 slum and squatter settlements in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos. We visited ...

Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t wish to notice. As India strides toward modernization and ...

Every month, Jenifer Wangari (not her real name) has to choose between purchasing food and taking her three children to school. She stays in Kibera, one of the poorest slums in Nairobi. She and her ...

One key factor behind its normalisation is the feudal notion of so-called family honour, which restricts or discourages women from speaking out about the violence they face. The survey found that two ...

Shukri F. Mohamed does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

An ancient city was most likely ruled by females living in a "matriarchal society" more than 9,000 years ago, according to a study published in Science this week. Researchers extracted the ancient ...

Tenants in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, receive drastically inferior household services and pay more rent compared to those in its formal settlements, according to new research from the School of ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than 'residential segregation' in 1850s Manchester, ...

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas ___8301747___2018___4___25___13 ...