October 25, 2024 | Diaspora | No Comments Letter from New Delhi/ BY Kul Bhushan Having led a privileged life, from growing up in the small town of Dhilwan in Punjab to becoming an active member of the House of Lords in London, Lord Raj Loomba has established an international charity helping widows worldwide and […]
Failure to address widows’ plight entrenches poverty and gender disparity worldwide, new study finds Development Minister Anneliese Dodds MP with Lord and Lady Loomba at the launch of the study, 5 September 2024, House of Lords Nineteen years after the introduction of International Widows Day, and fourteen years after its adoption by the UN as […]
Guest of Honour Rt Hon. Sir Tony Blair KG joined over 300 attendees including President of The Loomba Foundation Cherie Blair QC CBE and the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Rt Hon. Lord John McFall Fundraising in partnership with the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s LONDON, 23 June 2021: The Prime Minister […]
The Loomba Foundation and USISPF also addressed the poverty, injustice and complete lack of opportunities for millions of widows across the globe at this reception October 20, 2022 The partnership was launched in the presence of Smt Smriti Irani, Union Minister of Women & Child Development and other distinguished guests like Nandita Bakhshi, President and […]
Guest of Honour Rt Hon. Sir Tony Blair KG joined over 300 attendees including President of The Loomba Foundation Cherie Blair QC CBE and the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, Rt Hon. Lord John McFallFundraising in partnership with the UK’s leading children’s charity Barnardo’s London, 28 June 2022: The Loomba Foundation, an international […]
London, 16 June 2022: The Loomba Foundation, an international UN accredited NGO dedicated to improving the lives of widows, has partnered with Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, to support children and families fleeing Ukraine to settle in the UK. The UK government has agreed to accept 50,000 refugees from Ukraine. Around half of all […]
It would be better to work with Zimbabwe within the Commonwealth to address its continuing failings in democracy and human rights than to ostracise the country, crossbench Peer LordLoomba told the House of Lords in a Grand Committee debate today [12 January 2023]. Noting that humanitarian organisations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have reported continuing human rights […]
“Discrimination against widows has existed for centuries,” India’s solicitor general Mr Tushar Mehta told dinner guests at the UK House of Lords, adding that “as the most populous country, the largest democracy and the fastest-growing economy in the world, India has animportant part to play in finding solutions to challenges and creating a sustainable world for everyone. Mr Mehta […]
This year marks the 10th United Nations’ International Widows Day, founded to take action to address the poverty and injustice faced by widows Covid-19 has disproportionately killed men and people from BAME backgrounds, leaving a large number of women widowed across the UK and globally LONDON, 23 June 2021: The Prime Minister and leaders from […]
In a special House of Lords debate about International Widows Day tabled by Lord Loomba on July 6, the Government expressed its continued support for the campaign to eradicate discrimination against widows through world-leading research and sharing the UK’s expertise and technical knowledge globally as part of its international women and girls strategy. The question […]
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