Abstract:
Nowadays, Women have to face a variety of problems in the community, they are affected directly or
indirectly facing individual problems, Family, school, Environment, Workplace, Religious Institutions
and Religious foundation. In this context, it is necessary to find out the motivating causes for this issue
in the society. In this way, the problem of the widows is considered as a social issue. Really this
problem in the society affects not only the particular woman but also other women who live in the
society. Moreover, it makes them economically weak and necessitated us to make a research on them.
The mentally affected widows in the village are unable to bring up and look after their children, not
meeting psychiatrist for their grievance. It is necessary to identify and make the needful livelihood
opportunity for the widows who lost their spouse by war or for other reasons. If this primary action is
not made for their survival, they will undergo economical crisis and many other issues by the widows
and children. So this research on widows is very important. The research questions were: how the
widows are affected by poverty at the Kommathurai West Grama Niladaies division and what kinds of
the problems do they face in the society? Therefore, the aim of this research was to identify the
challenges and find the solution for their problems and empower the widows headed families in the
society. The data for this research was gathered by using questionnaires, interview and field researches.
The data were analyzed by the manner of quantity and nature as a result of this research. It was
identified that poverty was an influencial factor in the lives of the widows in the community. Therefore,
this research is important as it focused on identifying the reasons for the poorest living conditions of
the widows at the particular division.
