In recent years, the legal landscape surrounding inheritance rights for widows has significantly evolved. However, while the law is on their side to offer protection, widows in India continue to ...

In the world’s largest mangrove forest, women whose husbands were killed by Bengal tigers are working to restore their habitat.

LAHIRIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Geeta Mridha lost her husband on Valentine's Day 2014. He was fishing in the backwaters of India's Sundarbans National Park with four others when a ...

A Maharashtra NGO has urged the Indian government to create a National Widows' Rights Commission to combat societal and legal injustices against widowed women. The proposal highlights the unique ...

In its representation to the ministry, the organisation stated that despite Constitutional guarantees of equality and dignity under Articles 14, 15 and 21, there is no exclusive statutory body that ...