International Widows Day To Be Mark On June 23

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Jun, 2018 ) :Like other parts of the globe,International Widows' Day will be mark on June 23 in Pakistan was introduced to address poverty and injustice faced by widows and their children in many countries it was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2010 and is observed anually on June 23.

The first officially recognized International Widows' Day on June 23, 2011 was marked with a conference held in the United Nations headquarters in New York.

International Widows' Day was initiated by the Loomba Foundation in 2005. The plight of widows world-wide has been the foundation's focus since it was established in 1997. According to its founder, Raj Loomba, women in many countries experience great hardship after their husbands die. "They are not looked after by governments or NGOs and they are shunned by society.

" The observance falls on June 23 because Loomba's mother became a widow on that date in 1954.

In many countries with traditional societies, women find themselves left in poverty when their husband dies. In some countries, these women find themselves denied of inheritance and land rights, evicted from their homes, ostracised and abused. The children of widows also often find themselves affected, withdrawn from school and more vulnerable to abuse, especially in the case of girls.

international Widows Day is a global awareness day that takes place annually on 23rd June. The day was launched by the United Nations in 2010 to raise awareness of the violation of human rights that widows suffer in many countries following the death of their spouses.