Despite the fact that there are more than 258 million widows around the world, widows have historically been left unseen, unsupported, and unmeasured in our societies. Today, as armed conflicts ...

For over three decades, 80-year-old widow Bimla Devi has been struggling to claim sustenance after the martyrdom of her only ...

Prior to my husband’s death, I had an admittedly juvenile vision of what a widow looks like. When I closed my eyes and pictured a widow, two images came to mind. The first was a very old lady ...

Widows are cast out. Their possessions, their land, and even their children can be taken from them. Photographer Amy Toensing, with a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting ...