Global Fund for Widows - http://globalfundforwidows.org/epidemic-of-widowhood/

The Research

There are an estimated 250 million in the developing world

Over 115 million of these widows live in abject poverty

With this level of pervasiveness, widowhood’s poverty entrapment is not just a problem, it is a problem of epidemic proportions. Indeed it is a global Epidemic of Widowhood. 

What is profound about the Epidemic of Widowhood is it’s direct link to the of a vicious cycle of poverty.

The Assertion

The Event of Widowhood initiates A vicious cycle of poverty

The Reason

Widows Lack Inheritance Rights

Widows Lack Human Rights

Widows Are Vulnerable

Widows Lack Economic Opportunity

Извор: WUNRN – 14.04.2016