On November 3-5, our founder Margaret Owen spoke at the Poverty Round Table about widowhood in the ECE region.
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Our 59th CSW Statement draws the attention of the Member States to the relevance of the 12 critical action areas to widowhood.
Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) submitted tough questions on issues of discrimination in widowhood, to the governments of Ghana and Guinea.
Statement by Dr. Mohini Girirote to be read out at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on 17 September 2014. She makes eight brief points on conflict reconciliation and the involvement of women in peacebuilding in conflict-torn Jammu and Kashmir (northern India)
In Swaziland, discriminatory customs remain a reality for widows. Report sent to UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Committee in considering Swaziland’s State Report during its 58th session.