Widows
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died; a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The treatment of widows and widowers around the world varies.
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ActionAid Association (India) · 21 April 2024 English
Definition of Construction Workers The definition of construction workers in the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 should be amended and expanded in line with supply and value chains …
with housing, land, and livelihood provisions. Widows among tribes need land transfers, and those on … security measures for Muslim women, particularly for widows and single mothers, to ensure their financial stability … played crucial roles in addressing the plight of widows in India, leading to the abolition of the practice … practice of sati by the British in 1829. However, widows continued to face marginalization and discrimination … by various categories of single women, including widows, separated, divorced, deserted, and unmarried women …
World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English
In 2012 and in 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolutions urging the international community to intensify global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). It also called upon …
natural resources, such as male primogeniture and widows’ property-grabbing. 23. States parties should …
World Bank Group · 16 April 2024 English
women, youth, landless and very poor, orphans, widows, displaced persons, etc.) HIA Management Board …
World Bank Group · 15 April 2024 English
domestic violence, gang rape and other abuses. Widows and female- headed households Women suffer … conflict in South Sudan, a continuous increase in widows and female- headed households is taking place … resulted in changes of the intra-household roles. Widows are often marginalized and vulnerable in host …
American Academy of Actuaries · 15 April 2024 English
The Office of the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration (OCACT) has provided actuarial analyses of many of these proposals showing the estimated effect on the financial status of …
indexed thereafter to the CPI. The benefits of widows and widowers would not be affected. 7. Changing … to be adjusted by the NAW index. The benefits of widows and widowers would not be affected. 6. Providing …
Policy Exchange · 14 April 2024 English
Its 1996 memorandum of association stated that ‘at all times at least one of the trustees shall be a representative of the Supreme Spiritual Leadership of the Islamic Republic of …
including the setting up of charitable trusts for widows and orphans and destitute families. (f) generally …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
exploitation of the disabled, the elderly (over 75), widows or widowers, people affected by or living with …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
exploitation of the disabled, the elderly (over 75), widows or widowers, people affected by or living with …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
exploitation of the disabled, the elderly (over 75), widows or widowers, people affected by or living with …
World Bank Group · 12 April 2024 French
exploitation of the disabled, the elderly (over 75), widows or widowers, people affected by or living with …