
War widows pin hopes on President
Monday, 29 June 2015 - 9:41

Official figures show 27,000 widows head households in Jaffna, where the conflict was centered, while local politicians put the figure much higher. Shunned, destitute and pushed into prostitution in some cases, Tamil widows have returned to Northern Jaffna since the end of the separatist war only to discover they are not welcome even in their homeland.
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