Time to outlaw widow discrimination

Time to outlaw widow discrimination

Responding to rising civil society voices, the Goa government had in March 2023 promised to introduce a related bill. Over two years later, the promise remains unfulfilled In March 2023, the Goa government, responding to rising civil society voices, promised to introduce a bill to eliminate discriminatory widowhood practices in the next assembly session. Over two years later, the promise remains unfulfilled. As the Goa Legislative Assembly recon…