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- India is home to an estimated 40 million widows - approximately 10% of all women. Ageing women are more vulnerable than men. Without any financial security or welfare infrastructure, many of them are abandoned in Vrindavan- where they live off charity while they wait to die.
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Widows in India have always been subjected to rejection and persecution, with the practice of sati probably the oldest and clearest example. Outlawed by British colonisers in 1829, sati is...
Jul 31, 2024 · Both widows and widowers in India face challenges living alone, though women of course are more vulnerable. After losing a spouse, both genders experience difficulties like food insecurity and abuse. We need to address in particular the health-related vulnerability of widowed women living alone.
- Babul Hossain
Sep 26, 2022 · To address this research gap, we used data from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (2017–19) to investigate the widowhood disparity in cognitive health among mid-aged and older women in India, including how this relationship varies by the duration of widowhood.
- 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101242
- 2022/09
- SSM Popul Health. 2022 Sep; 19: 101242.
Nov 6, 2012 · We investigate the lives of Indian women as they become widows, focussing on the causes of their husband’s mortality and the ensuing consequences of these causes on their own lives and identify the opportunities and challenges that widows face in living healthy and fulfilling lives.
- Katia Sarla Mohindra, Slim Haddad, Delampady Narayana
- 2012
Oct 26, 2023 · Men with morbidity in India are more vulnerable to experiencing the elevated probability of mortality than women due to widowhood status. The increased mortality risk among young or older widowers is a consequence of behavioural risk.
Nov 4, 2021 · Widowhood is a catastrophic event at any stage of life for the surviving partner particularly in old age, with serious repercussions on their physical, economic, and emotional well-being.
May 24, 2022 · The majority of research in India has focused on the impact of widowhood on health status and health care use, while little emphasis has been paid to the number of days spent in poor health among widowed population compare to other marital categories.
