Caring for widows around the world
UN-recognised
International
Widows Day
23 June
Why the UN declared 23rd June as International Widows Day. International Widows Day was launched by the Loomba Foundation at the House of Lords in 2005.
Why the UN declared 23rd June as International Widows Day. International Widows Day was launched by the Loomba Foundation at the House of Lords in 2005.
- 245 million widows and over 500 million children suffer in silence worldwide.
- Over 100 million widows live in poverty struggling to survive.
- Widowed women experience targeted murder, rape, prostitution, forced marriage, property theft, eviction, social isolation, and physical and psychological abuse.
- 1.5 million widows’ children die before their fifth birthday.
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A Hidden Calamity – the plight of widows Paintings by Reeta Sarkar
A Hidden Calamity – the plight of widows Paintings by Reeta Sarkar
An exhibition in aid of International Widows Day,
at the United Nations, New York,
22 June – 12 July 2011
