Demand Dignity
Amnesty International's Demand Dignity Campaign works to end the human rights abuses that are a cause and a consequence of poverty. Poverty is not just a matter of lack of income – it is a matter of lack of security, inclusion and participation. These are human rights violations. » Read more
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Ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women! | Egypt: AI Report Urges Protection for Cairo's Poor at Risk of Being Buried Alive in Dangerous Slums | Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: Demand Dignity: Troubled waters - Palestinians denied fair access to water | Health Care is a Human Right | |
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 About the Campaign More than sixty years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the aftermath of the horrors of World War II and the Great Depression, the aspiration of a world free from want and fear is still unrealized for millions of people living in poverty. Our brand new Demand Dignity Campaign will be rolling out in 2009 and we will contribute to the work of defending everyone’s right to live with dignity. |  Maternal Mortality in Sierra LeoneAmnesty International is campaigning for the right to maternal health in Sierra Leone, where one in eight women die during pregnancy or childbirth. Cost is a crucial barrier to maternal health care. » Take action! |
U.S. HEALTH CAREHealth care is a human right. This year elected officials in the United States have a historic opportunity to reform the U.S. health care system to fulfill that right.  INTERNATIONAL MATERNAL MORTALITYAround the world, one woman dies every minute and many more face long-term debilitating ill-health as a result of conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth. Almost all of these deaths are preventable. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, CULTURAL RIGHTSEconomic, social and cultural rights relate to the conditions necessary to meet basic human needs such as food, shelter, education, health care, and gainful employment. They include the rights to education, adequate housing, food, water, the highest attainable standard of health, the right to work and rights at work, as well as the cultural rights of minorities and indigenous peoples. | U.S. MATERNAL HEALTHThe United States has the most expensive health care systems in the world. We also have the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world. According to the CDC, at least half of these deaths could be prevented. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSGlobal efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the biggest development enterprise ever undertaken. But more than halfway to the endpoint of the goals, the world is in danger of falling far short. And human rights must be at the center of the MDGs now and in the future. |
