Margaret Owen

Margaret Owen is the Director of Widows for Peace through Democracy. She is the Patron of Peace in Kurdistan, a UK barrister and an international women’s human rights activist. Follow her on twitter @electionmargie

Widowhood: invisible for how much longer?

Margaret Owen has been trying to get the CSW to address the poverty of widows for 12 years. This is her last attempt. She describes going from despair to growling with anger to hope - all in a day

By Margaret Owen

/ 28 Feb 2010

CSW and the Brief History of One Word......

Margaret Owen, Director Widows for Peace through Democracy is recovering from her 11th visit to the UN CSW where she tried, in vain, to win support for the world's widows. She asks in bitter disappointment, why it is, when never before in human history has there been such an explosion in the numbe

By Margaret Owen

/ 17 Mar 2009

Fighting for the very poorest of the poor

Margaret Owen reports with a mixture of anger and hope from the CSW, on the struggle by Widows for Peace through Democracy to get recognition of the extreme suffering of widows and some action by the UN.

By Margaret Owen

/ 13 Mar 2009