Widowhood in Africa, Asia and Europe

Bereaved women are beginning to fight back View this email in your browser A round-up of reporting from our grantees, upcoming events, and news from the Pulitzer Center National Geographic What Happens When Your Husband Dies Cynthia Gorney and Amy Toensing Beyond the sorrow of loss, the death of a husband can bring a special torment to women. "In many cultures, widows are so vulnerable—to abusive tradition, to poverty, to the aftermath of wars that killed their husbands—that widowhood itself must be regarded as a potential human rights calamity," writes grantee Cynthia Gorney. In their ground-breaking cover story for National Geographic, Cynthia and photojournalist Amy Toensing travel to South Asia, Africa and Europe to document the indignities that different societies inflict upon women who lose their husbands. If you are an educator, click here for a lesson plan designed by the Pulitzer Center education team. Read Story Harper's The Long Road in Afghanistan May Jeong How to negotiate with a dead man? In a deeply reported feature for Harper's, grantee May Jeong gives readers an extraordinary inside look at the improbable and untidy cast of characters struggling to bring peace to Afghanistan. Read Story The New York Review of Books The Gruesome Body Count in the Philippines James Fenton Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines since June, has sanctioned the extrajudicial murders of nearly 6,000 alleged drug deals and users. As grantee James Fenton reports, the brutal tactic seems to have solidified support for the populist leader. Read Story EVENTS A New Approach to the Middle East: Albright-Hadley Conversation at Washington University Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Talks@Pulitzer: Dominic Bracco on Reporting from Honduras and the U.S.-Mexico Border Wednesday, January 25, 2017 MORE FROM PULITZER CENTER International Business Times Zimbabwe's White Farmers Once Helped Feed Africa— Now Their Farms Lie in Ruins Martin Fletcher Granta Poland: A Land Without Strangers Ben Mauk Outside The Science Behind Miracles Erik Vance PRI's The World For Sudan, Breaking Ties with Its Radical Past Is a 'Delicate Balancing Act' Kira Zalan Walk Like a Journalist: Hardy Middle School Student Photography Exhibition Meet the Journalist: Ako Salemi DONATE The Pulitzer Center promotes in-depth engagement with global affairs through its support for quality international journalism across all media platforms and an innovative program of outreach and education. You are receiving this email because you either opted in at our website or signed up at a Pulitzer Center event. Our mailing address is: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 615 Washington, District Of Columbia 20036 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list