{"id":18243,"date":"2016-06-23T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T14:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=18243"},"modified":"2016-06-24T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T14:52:33","slug":"worlds-oft-marginalized-widows-must-be-part-of-sustainable-development-says-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2016\/06\/worlds-oft-marginalized-widows-must-be-part-of-sustainable-development-says-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s oft-marginalized widows must be part of sustainable development, says Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

With nearly half the world\u2019s 259 million widows living poverty, United Nations Secretary-General<\/a> Ban Ki-moon today urged greater efforts to \u201cmake them more visible in our societies\u201d and ensure they are a vital part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Sustainable Development Agenda\u2019s pledge to \u2018leave no one behind.\u2019<\/p>\n

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\u201cWidows are often stigmatized by their families and communities. Many suffer discrimination based on age and gender. Some have lived lives marked by physical and sexual abuse,\u201d noted Mr. Ban in his message<\/a> for International Widows\u2019 Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Recalling that nearly half of the 259 million widows around the world live in poverty, the Secretary-General explained that they face economic challenges and have very limited economic opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cOlder widows often have few economic assets, after a lifetime of hard but unpaid work. Even in developed countries, the value of women\u2019s pensions can be some 40 per cent lower than men\u2019s,\u201d said Mr. Ban stressing on the difficulties faced them.<\/p>\n

He also noted that younger widows face added challenges as heads of households with childcare responsibilities.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General further said that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/a> with its pledge to leave no one behind has a particular resonance for widows, who are among the most marginalized and isolated.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn International Widows\u2019 Day, let us pledge to make widows more visible in our societies, and to support them in living productive, equal and fulfilling lives,\u201d Mr. Ban concluded.<\/p>\n

To give special recognition to the situation of widows of all ages and across regions and cultures, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly, in 2010, declared 23 June as International Widows\u2019 Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

via Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With nearly half the world\u2019s 259 million widows living poverty, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged greater efforts to \u201cmake them more visible in our societies\u201d and ensure they are a vital part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Sustainable Development Agenda\u2019s pledge to \u2018leave no one behind.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reduced-inequality","category-gender-equality","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}