International Widow’s Day: Has annual June 23 commemoration helped women who lost spouses fight poverty?

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International Widow’s Day: Has annual June 23 commemoration helped women who lost spouses fight poverty?

For many women around the world, the loss of a partner is magnified by devastating long-term fight for basic rights and dignity in a society where harmful widowhood practices are a norm and most widows are stripped of basic financial rights. YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE explores how the international commemoration of the International Widows’ Day every June […]

International Widow’s Day: Has annual June 23 commemoration helped women who lost spouses fight poverty?
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International Widow’s Day: Has annual June 23 commemoration helped women who lost spouses fight poverty?
For many women around the world, the loss of a partner is magnified by devastating long-term fight for basic rights and dignity in a society where harmful widowhood practices are a norm and most widows are stripped of basic financial rights. YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE explores how the international commemoration of the International Widows’ Day every June
International Widow’s Day: Has annual June 23 commemoration helped women who lost spouses fight poverty?
Tribune Online