The Loomba Foundation's World Widows Report is the only authoritative comprehensive data source about the discrimination and injustice faced by widows and their dependants country by country and worldwide, informing SDG-era policy formulation by the United Nations and national governments.

Key findings include:

• The global affected population numbers 258m widows with 585m children.
• Of these, 38m widows live in extreme poverty where basic needs are unmet.
• Since an earlier Loomba Foundation study in 2010, there has been a significant exacerbation in...