Multidisciplinary critique on, and solutions to, the human (rights) causes and consequences of global poverty

Abstract

‘Do we have no worth?’ (p. 179). This is the question an anganwadi worker from the Kantapada block in India asked during an interview. The Kantapada block is one of 14 blocks in the Cuttack district, located at the coastal part of the Odisha state in India. The nearest town to Kantapada village is Cuttack, which is known as the commercial capital of Odisha. Anganwadi workers are women who provide government-subsidised services to the poor while trying to combat their own poverty (Chapter 11). This question, for me, embodies the human rights consequences of poverty.