Mjane

Mjane ni mtu aliyewahi kuwa na mwenzi wa ndoa, halafu akafiwa asioe tena ama asiolewe na mwingine. 

Ni tofauti na yule asiyewahi kufunga ndoa (ambaye anaweza kuitwa vizuri zaidi mseja au, akiwa mwanamume, hata kapera, ingawa jina hilo la mwisho pengine linaelekea uhuni kidogo) na yule aliyetoa ama kupata talaka (anayeitwa mtaliki).

Wajane wa kike
Kutokana na ubaguzi wa kijinsia, zamani wajane wa kike walikosa haki nyingi, inavyoonekana katika Biblia. Kitabu hicho cha dini kinawataja pamoja na mayatima kati ya watu maskini zaidi ambao Mungu ndiye mtetezi wao.

Pengine hali hiyo inadumu hata leo<http://www.widowsrights.org/index.htm > katika aina kadhaa za utamaduni, kwa mfano huko India.

 Tanbihi 

Marejeo
 Carolyn Osiek, "The Widow as Altar: The Rise and Fall of a Symbol," Second Century: A Journal of Early Christian Studies, 3,3 (1983), 159-169.
 Bonnie Bowman Thurston. The Widows: A Women's Ministry in the Early Church. Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1989.
 Major, Andrea. Sati: A Historical Anthology. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007. 463. Print.
 Owen, Margaret. A World of Widows. Illustrated. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books, 1996. 181-183. eBook.
 Kruse, Britta-Juliane. Witwen. Kulturgeschichte eines Standes in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit. Berlin, de Gryter, 2007.
 Janet L. Nelson, "The wary widow," in Eadem, Courts, Elites, and Gendered Power in the Early Middle Ages: Charlemagne and Others. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007 (Variorum Collected Studies Series: CS878).
 Sevak, Purvi, David R. Weir, and Robert J. Willis. "The Economic Consequences of a Husband's Death: Evidence from the HRS and AHEAD." Social Security Bulletin 65.3 (2003): 31-44. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 14 Sept. 2010.
 Behrendt, Stephen C. "Women without Men: Barbara Hofland and the Economics of Widowhood." Eighteenth Century Fiction 17.3 (2005): 481-508. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 14 Sept. 2010.
 "Imagine...." Widows' Rights International. Web. 14 Sep 2010. <http://www.widowsrights.org/index.htm >.
 Elia, Nada. Trances, Dances, and Vociferations: Agency and Resistance in Africana Women's Narratives. New York: Garland Pub, 2001. Internet resource.
 Francis,Mary. "The Sisterhood of Widows" 2010 <http://www.thesisterhoodofwidows.com>.

 Viungo vya nje 

 Grief's Journey (focuses on spousal loss)
 theWiddahood.com 
 American Widow Project 
 Sixteen widows share their stories
 Help and tips for Widows and Widowers
 The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) (online )

India
 India's invisible widows, divorcees and single women – BBC, March 7, 2014.
 A story about Indian widows from CNN.com, July 5, 2007.
 Ill-treatment of Widows in India, February 9, 2014.

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