Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Help at last for Sri Lanka war widows

Like many women, Kulasekran Kugamathi lost her husband during Sri Lanka's civil war

By Amantha Perera-

VAVUNIYA, 13 May 2015 (IRIN) - Almost six years after Sri Lanka’s bloody civil conflict came to an end, an underreported legacy of the fighting is finally being acknowledged: the extraordinarily high number of war widows struggling to make ends meet.

Help at Last for Sri Lanka War Widows by Thavam Ratna