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39-465: Rowing Stadium may refer to: Töölö Rowing Stadium , in Helsinki, Finland Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon , on Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Rowing Stadium . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to

78-413: A 66-percent increased chance of dying". There remains controversy over whether women or men are worse off, and studies have attempted to make each case, while others suggest there are no sex differences. While it is disputed as to whether sex plays a part in the intensity of grief, sex often influences how a person's lifestyle changes after a spouse's death. Research has shown that the difference falls in

117-592: A Hindu widow, though, under the Act, the widow forsook any inheritance due her from her deceased husband. Social stigma in Joseon Korea required that widows remain unmarried after their husbands' death. In 1477, Seongjong of Joseon enacted the Widow Remarriage Law, which strengthened pre-existing social constraints by barring the sons of widows who remarried from holding public office. In 1489, Seongjong condemned

156-461: A competition in the lagoon, which was considered a test event for the Olympics; they suffered from vomiting and diarrhea. Further, it is recognized that there is not sufficient time to clean the lagoon effectively for the Olympics. Widower A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried . The male form, "widower", is first attested in

195-417: A long terminal illness. In addition, both men and women have been observed to experience lifestyle habit changes after the death of a spouse. Both sexes tend to have a harder time looking after themselves without their spouse to help, though these changes may differ based on the sex of the widow and the role the spouse played in their life. The older spouses grow, the more aware they are of being alone due to

234-513: A number of visitors during the Christmas holidays because of its famous and gigantic Christmas Tree, which is built over a floating platform that moves around the lagoon. The Eva Klabin Foundation is located on the banks of the lagoon . The lagoon will host canoe sprint and rowing events for the 2016 Summer Olympics , and rowing events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics . The Rowing Stadium of

273-550: A project to "... clean up and beautify the Capital for the Independence Centennial festivities". That project involved dredging a canal to reconnect the lagoon to the sea, and deepening the land bar. The soil removed to build the canal formed the island of Caiçara, within the lagoon, site of Caiçaras Club ( pt ). In a short time, embankments formed on its edges, which gradually reduced its surface area, providing land for

312-434: A woman of the royal clan, Yi Guji , when it was discovered that she had cohabited with her slave after being widowed. More than 40 members of her household were arrested and her lover was tortured to death. In some parts of the world, such as Zimbabwe , the property of widows, such as land, is often taken away by her in-laws. While illegal, since most marriages are conducted under customary law and not registered, redressing

351-581: Is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul (South Zone) area of Rio de Janeiro . The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean , allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah. Although it receives its waters from diverse river tributaries from the surrounding hillsides, among those that stand out is the river Rio dos Macacos (today channelized), which introduces contaminated water. The water of

390-427: Is also listed in some dictionaries. An archaic term for a widow is " relict ", literally "someone left over"; this word can sometimes be found on older gravestones . Occasionally, the word viduity is used. The phenomenon that refers to the increased mortality rate after the death of a spouse is called the widowhood effect . It is "strongest during the first three months after a spouse's death, when they had

429-563: Is also uncommon for widows to challenge their treatment because they are often "unaware of their rights under the modern law…because of their low status, and lack of education or legal representation.". Unequal benefits and treatment generally received by widows compared to those received by widowers globally has spurred an interest in the issue by human rights activists . During the HIV pandemic, which particularly hit gay communities, companions of deceased men had little recourse in estate court against

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468-449: Is an upper middle-class neighborhood and it has one of the largest human development indexes in the country. Part of the lagoon is landfill that occurred in the middle of the 20th century. Many hills, such as Catacumba , Praia do Pinto, and others, occupied the area around the lagoon. For many years they housed more than fifty thousand people. However, because of poor construction quality and safety risks, after more than twenty years on

507-449: Is home to a rowing stadium (Estádio de Remo da Lagoa), a paved biking path of 7.5 kilometers (more than 4.5 miles ), diverse leisure equipment, and food kiosks that offer regional and international gastronomy items. Some of the most important sports clubs in the city are by the lagoon: The lagoon is surrounded by the districts of Ipanema , Leblon , Gávea , Jardim Botânico , Copacabana , Botafogo , and Humaitá . It attracts quite

546-461: The Sati Prevention Act , which made it illegal to support, glorify or attempt to commit sati. Support of sati, including coercing or forcing someone to commit sati, can be punished by the death sentence or life imprisonment, while glorifying sati is punishable with one to seven years in prison. The people of Fiji practised widow-strangling. When Fijians adopted Christianity, widow-strangling

585-437: The folklore of Chiloé of southern Chile, widows and black cats are important elements that are needed when hunting for the treasure of the carbunclo . In societies where the husband is the sole provider, his death can leave his family destitute. The tendency for women generally to outlive men can compound this. The Bible has written several commandments about caring for the widow, the prohibition against harming her and

624-457: The "Engenho d'El-Rey" ("The King's Mill"), where today's Centro de Recepção aos Visitantes do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Visitors' Reception Center) operates. These lands were once acquired by Salema from the town councilor , Amorim Soares, causing the lagoon to be called "Lagoa de Amorim Soares" (Amorim Soares Lagoon). With his expulsion from the city in 1609

663-401: The 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. The adjective for either sex is widowed . These terms are not applied to a divorcé(e) following the death of an ex-spouse. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood . The term widowhood can be used for either sex, at least according to some dictionaries, but the word widowerhood

702-671: The Jockey Club Brasileiro, the Jardim de Alah , and the sport seat of the Clube Naval on the island of Piraquê. The dredged channel is now called the Jardim de Alah Channel. The lagoon today represents one of the principal tourist attractions of the capital of Rio de Janeiro. It is also known as "The Heart of Rio de Janeiro". The Lagoa neighborhood named after the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. It

741-505: The Lagoon is a sports venue near Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas on the lagoon. The rowing , canoe flatwater and water ski competitions took place there during the 2007 Pan American Games . Spectators were able to watch from the renewed Rowing Stadium (Estádio de Remo) and all along the bike lane around the Lake. The rowing and sprint canoeing events of the 2016 Summer Olympics also took place in

780-405: The Lagoon. The lagoon has several environmental problems, including water as well as land pollution. Currently, a private company is sponsoring a project to depollute the lagoon, but this will not be quick or simple. There is a concern about the health risks for athletes during the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Paralympics . In 2015, thirteen American paddlers had stomach problems after

819-689: The Portuguese court to Brazil . The Prince Regent appropriated the Engenho da Lagoa (Lagoon Mill) to build a powder factory and construct the Real Horto Botânico (Royal Botanical Garden) — today's Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro ( Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden ). During the 19th century many diverse solutions were thought of for the problem of stagnated water — until, in 1922, the Repartição de Saneamento das Zonas Rurais (Bureau of Rural Sanitation) presented

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858-573: The United States to signify their widowhood and devotion to their deceased husband. After the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 in India, the status of widowhood for Hindu women was accompanied by a body symbolism - The widow's head was shaved as part of her mourning, she could no longer wear a red dot sindoor on her forehead, was forbidden to wear wedding jewellery, had to keep her bosoms uncovered and

897-428: The ability to ascend socio-economically, widows—who were "presumably celibate"—were much more able (and likely) to challenge conventional sexual behaviour than married women in their society. It may be necessary for a woman to comply with the social customs of her area because her fiscal stature depends on it, but this custom is also often abused by others as a way to keep money within the deceased spouse's family. It

936-438: The burden of care, expectations, and how they react after the spouse's death. For example, women often carry more of an emotional burden than men and are less willing to go through the death of another spouse. After being widowed, men and women may react very differently and frequently change their lifestyles. Women tend to miss their husbands more if they died suddenly; men tend to miss their wives more if they died after suffering

975-427: The countries that have joined CEDAW. In the United States, Social Security offers a Survivor's Benefit to qualified people once for a loss through their 50th birthday after which a second marriage may be considered when applying for benefits. The maximum still remains the same but here the survivor has options between accessing their earned benefits or one of their qualifying late spouses at chosen intervals to maximize

1014-564: The death of their husband or wife. This negatively impacts the mental as well as physical well-being in both men and women. In some parts of Europe and Latin America , including Russia , Slovakia , the Czech Republic , Greece , Italy , Portugal , Spain and Mexico , widows used to wear black for the rest of their lives to signify their mourning, a practice that has largely died out. Orthodox Christian immigrants may wear lifelong black in

1053-418: The deceased’s family. Not yet able to have been legally married the term widower was not considered socially acceptable. This situation was usually blessed with an added stigma being attached to the surviving man. As of 2004, women in United States who were widowed younger are at greater economic hardship risk. Married women who are in a financially unstable household are more likely to become widows "because of

1092-450: The duty to make her happy during the holidays, for example: "Be joyful at your festival—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns".(Hebrew Bible, Book of Deuteronomy 16:14) In 19th-century Britain, widows had greater opportunity for social mobility than in many other societies. Along with

1131-418: The hillsides the mayor expelled all of the inhabitants and "tore down" the hills, burying a large part of the city. The inhabitants left for the suburbs and started to live in housing. Apartment buildings and parks were built in the place of the hillsides . With 2.4 million square meters (0.93 square miles ) of surface area, aquatic sports such as rowing or simply biking happen around its reflecting water. It

1170-406: The increased benefits for delaying a filing (i.e. at age 63 claim husband one's reduced benefit, then husband two's full amount at 67 and your own enhanced benefit at 68). In parts of Africa, such as Kenya , widows are viewed as impure and in need of cleansing. This often requires having sex with someone. Those refusing to be cleansed risk getting beaten by superstitious villagers, who may also harm

1209-419: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rowing_Stadium&oldid=845609784 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon (Portuguese: Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas )

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1248-561: The lagoon comes from the damming of an opening to the sea caused by successive build-ups of earth. This separates it from the Atlantic Ocean , except for the Canal do Jardim de Alah. Initially inhabited by the Tamoios Indians who dominated the lagoon, such as Piraguá ("Still Water") or Sacopenapan ("Path of the Herons"). The arrival of the Portuguese colonizer, Dr António Salema (1575–1578), who

1287-436: The land was sold to his son-in-law, Sebastião Fagundes Varela, with the consequent name change to "Lagoa do Fagundes" (Fagundes' Lagoon). That landowner, by way of acquisition and invasion, increased the size of his landholdings in the region, in such as way that around 1620 he owned all the land from today's neighborhoods of Humaitá to Leblon . In 1702, his great-granddaughter, Petronilha Fagundes, then 35 years old, married

1326-547: The strong relationship between mortality [of the male head] and wealth [of the household]." In underdeveloped and developing areas of the world, conditions for widows continue to be much more severe. The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (ratified by 135 countries) while slow, is working on proposals which will make certain types of discrimination and treatment of widows (such as violence and withholding property rights) illegal in

1365-636: The woman and her late husband's children. It is argued that this notion arose from the idea that if a husband dies, the woman may have performed witchcraft against him. Use of widows in harem has been recorded in Ancient Egypt , medieval Europe, and Islamic empires. Sati was a practice in South Asia where a woman would immolate herself upon her husband's death. These practices were outlawed in 1827 in British India and again in 1987 in independent India by

1404-481: The young Portuguese Cavalry official, Rodrigo de Freitas de Carvalho—then only 18 years old — which lends his name to the lagoon. A widower , Rodrigo de Freitas de Carvalho returned to Portugal in 1717 and died there in 1748. The region stayed in the hands of the tenants without great fanfare until the beginning of the 19th century. Then, in 1808, the Portuguese Royal Family arrived during the transfer of

1443-611: Was abandoned. Those likely to be accused and killed as witches , such as in Papua New Guinea , are often widows. Widow inheritance (also known as bride inheritance) is a cultural and social practice whereby a widow is required to marry a male relative of her late husband, often his brother. The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 , enacted in response to the campaign of the reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar , to encourage widow remarriage and provided legal safeguards against loss of certain forms of inheritance for remarrying

1482-609: Was at the time also the Governor and Captain General of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro , intended to install a sugar mill on the banks of the lagoon. To free himself of the undesirable presence of the native Indians he spread clothes that had been worn by people sick with smallpox along the banks of the lagoon intending to kill the Indians. Such was the sugar cane plantation and the building of

1521-441: Was expected to walk barefoot. These customs are mostly considered backward but still prevalent among Hindus. In some parts of South Asia , a woman is often accused of causing her husband's death and is not allowed to look at another person as her gaze is considered bad luck. Some Nigerians prefer a widow to drink the water her dead husband's body was washed in, or otherwise sleep next to her husband's grave for three days. In

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