Noble false widows: the tiny spiders taking a big bite out of British and Irish wildlife: The small and unassuming _Steatoda nobilis_. JorgeOrtiz_1976/Shutterstock Over the last two decades, an uninvited guest has made an appearance in and around homes throughout western Europe, including Britain and Ireland, as well as west Asia and the Pacific coast …
Afghanistan: single women and widows are struggling to find their next meal under Taliban restrictions: Jamila*, a widow living in Herat, lost her husband in a suicide attack about eight years ago. She has an 18-year-old daughter who is blind and a 20-year-old son who lost both legs in a mine blast. Jamila used to …
Widows in Nigeria are sometimes treated badly: culture is no excuse to violate rights: Widows in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Photo by Aminu Abubakar/AFP/Getty Images Nigeria is home to about 15 million of the world’s 258 million widows. Widowhood in an ethnically and religiously diverse country like Nigeria, with three major ethnic groups …