Statement on International Widow’s Day June 23, 2013

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:28 PM, WHR swg <mail@whr.org.np> wrote:

Statement on the Occasion of

UN Recognized 3^rd International Widow's Day

June 23, 2013

 

 Discrimination against widows has no relevance to age, cultures, religions, ethnic group, class, caste, educational level nor region; their occurrence is widespread and in dire need for attention. Widows are subject to horrific, degrading and sometimes even life-threatening practices. The lack of legal rights leaves majority of widows in extreme poverty and destitution. In spite of the many ratifications to various human rights tools like Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the consensus of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA), the widespread support for the elimination of violence against women, and the endorsement by governments of the Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820, widows continue to be excluded from the progress in raising the status of millions of women in the world.

 

On the occasion of International Widow's Day, we call upon Governments, NGOs, INGOs, Academicians and the International agencies to:

 

·         Collect statistics including quantitative and qualitative information, case studies and evidence of injustices to widows and formulating laws based on these evidence to protect vulnerable widows

·         Ensure appropriate measure to support widows organizing themselves into self-help and empowerment group

·         Include `widows` as a specific category in the National Action Plans for implementing SCRs 1325 and 1820 and the development agenda

·         Ensure that widowhood is mainstreamed into the MDGs as poverty; social attitudes and lack of economic independence make widow's targets of violence

·         Recommend that the CEDAW consider monitoring the status of widows on a country level basis and adopt a General Recommendation particularly on widowhood

·         Allocate resources to enable widows' organizations and its network such as South Asian Network for Widows Empowerment in Development (SANWED) to ensure that the widows from the region are organized to raise a stronger collective voice

·         Ensure meaningful representation of widows in the peace process and legal reforms, including constitutional reform and law committees

·         Commission a United Nations Report on Widowhood in Conflict

 

Women for Human Rights,

Single women group, Nepal

Secretariat

SANWED (South Asian Network for Widows' Empowerment in Development)

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Tinusha Ghimire
Communication Officer
Women for Human Rights, single women group (WHR)

Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC of the United Nations

Baluwatar, Kathmandu, Nepal

P O Box 8973 NPC 427

Tel:  +977-1-4446020      

Fax: +977-1-4413868

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