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  CSW Parallel Event on Rural Widowhood

  January 19, 2012
  

                  
                  56TH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

                      PARALLEL EVENT ON RURAL WIDOWHOOD

                                        
                                 WIDOWS FOR PEACE THROUGH DEMOCRACY

                                                                          with

                            Women for Human Rights, single women group (Nepal),

                                                             Guild Of Service (India),

                                          Widows' Development Organization (Nigeria)

   

                                       IDENTIFYING RURAL WIDOWS' NEEDS AND ROLES:
           Inheritance and Land Rights; Poverty and Food Security; Forced Eviction and Migration;  Access to Justice and Services; Rural Widows in Conflict Zones.

   

      Wednesday, February 29th, 2012; BOSS ROOM, CHURCH CENTRE, 2.30 - 4.00 PM

           
                Widowhood remains the most neglected of all human rights and gender 
                       issues, and rural widows are among the poorest of the poor.

    Many widows are "chased-off" from their villages, are denied land to grow food, 
            are at risk of exploitation and abuse, or forced to seek high-risk survival 
                                                        strategies in urban areas.

                      They and their children face homelessness, starvation and abuse.

   

                              Join Us To Identify Key Issues and Agree Recommendations

                                         For Action For the UN, Donors and Governments.