UN WOMEN'S SCHEME

    100 th anniversary of international woman's Day on Tuesday 8th March,2011. UN Women announced a new regional programme to address the needs of widows in India,Nepal and Sri Lanka. India has estimated 40 million widows , and their lives are often mired in poverty, neglect, and deprivation. the time has come for us to act and create space for widows in mainstream policy and social welfare schemes.
   The three-year programme, funded jointly by UN Women Swiss National Committee and standard chartered Bank will be implemented in India,Nepal and Sri Lanka to reduce social ostracism faced by widows.
   Plans are also to work with local community leaders for the cause of widows. While in India,UN Women will work with widows affected by HIV,the focus will be on young widows in Nepal and widows living in conflict areas in Sri Lanka.   The programme will be implemented in partnership with non-governmental organisations. UN Women, formally known as the united Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, is the united Nations' most ambitions effort ever to accelerate actions to achieve gender equality

Prof. John Kurakar