Irene Khan was the first woman and the first Asian to become Secretary General of Amnesty International - and has since won a clutch of awards for her work as a human rights advocate. Irene will be explaining to Jane听why she thinks it鈥檚 vital for the world鈥檚 poorest women that we start to see poverty not as a straightforward economic problem but as a human rights crisis in itself.
'The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights' by Irene Kahn is published by听WW Norton ISBN 978-0-393-33700-6