NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's poorest women risk the deadly diseases related to poor sanitation because "endemic" sexual violence in the capital's sprawling slums keeps them away from its communal ...

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 ...

Pellaa Nyangatare (left) and Ashah Adam make ugali to feed National Youth Service and Kibera cleaning cohorts at Makina in Kibera on 31/February/2015. The government has initiated Huduma Kitchen to ...

A woman on Grove Street told police a friend had come over and was intoxicated and making loud noises. The woman was getting scared and wanted her friend to leave. The friend was given a ride because ...

International Women's Day, on March 8, celebrates the achievements of women. We share stories from women in the the Kibera community, which locals... It's the day after International Women's Day. On ...

As you come into Kibera from Lang’ata Road, rusty grey iron roofing sheets spread out across the open land contrasting sharply with the red tiled houses behind you. Welcome to the land of the shanties ...

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 ...

Residents of an informal settlement in India’s Ahmedabad city work on painting their home with sun-reflective white paint. (Photo courtesy Mahila Housing Trust) This is your first of three free ...