"The assumption is that elderly women and men in rural communities in Africa will always be cared for by their families" says Atlantic Fellow, Roseline Orwa. But the impact of HIV and aids left many women in Kenya without their children and vulnerable to food insecurity.
During COVID Orwa found elderly widows most impacted, with support from the Atlantic Institute she started a training program to empower local communities reduce poverty for rural widows.
Roseline is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. She is an award-winning advocate for widows, and a campaigner for cultural, social and policy change around the inequalities and stigma that widows face.
The Atlantic Institute is a community of changemakers. Through 7 global programs they work together, across disciplines for one aim - to end inequality. Find out more about their work: www.atlanticfellows.org/
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