Internatiinal Widows Day is a day set aside by the United Nations to create awareness on the hardships widows face.
This year’s celebration has its theme as ‘Invisible women, invisible problems.”
Speaking on the significance of the day, the state Director, Anambra State Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Mrs. Hope Ekesiobi disclosed that they have empowered, trained and intervened in the plights of widows across the state.
Mrs. Ekesiobi while calling on all to join hands with the government to end whatever invisible challenge widows’ encounter, charged traditionalists to stop harmful cultural practices against widows.
For the National President, Anambra State Association of Town Unions, ASATU Women Wing, Lady Franca Nwigbo they see to the welfare of the widows, organize seminars for them and settle issues on infringement of their rights.
The Founder, Widows Forum of Nigeria and Diaspora Incorporated, Mrs. Chiago Obineme frowned at what some widows are passing through while describing it as pathetic, assured that through FIDA many were liberated.
On her part, the State Woman Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Mrs. Gloria Udevi, confirmed that widows in the state have never had it so good before now maintaining that their rights are being protected and catered for through the benevolence of the governor’s wife, Dr. Ebelechukwu Obiano, who through her pet project CAFE, has empowered, equipped and trained widows to be self-reliant.
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