A World of WidowsZed Books, 1996 - 214 pages A World of Widows provides a global overview of the status for widowhood. Neglected by social policy researches, international human rights activists and the women's movement, the status of the world's widows - legal, social, cultural, and economic - is an urgent issue given the extent and the severity of the discrimination against them. |
Contents
Becoming a Widow | 7 |
Poverty Work and Income Support | 23 |
Laws and Customs Concerning Inheritance | 51 |
Sex and Sexuality | 71 |
Widowhood in the Context of AIDS | 81 |
Remarriage | 102 |
Child Widows and the Children of Widows | 124 |