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Marking International Widows' Day, Ban urges end to harmful practices, abuse against women

Marking International Widows' Day, Ban urges end to harmful practices, abuse against women

New York, June 24 (IBNS): No woman should lose her status, livelihood or property when her husband dies, yet millions of widows in our world face persistent abuse, discrimination, disinheritance and destitution stressed United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday in his message for this year’s International Widows’ Day.