More than four decades of continuous conflict has made Mindanao a region of war widows
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Conflict in the Mindanao region of southern Philippines has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the past half-century.
Multiple armed groups operate in the area, and many wives left behind suffer from the stigma of being widows of Abu Sayyaf fighters.
Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan travelled to a small village in Basilan to hear their stories.
Multiple armed groups operate in the area, and many wives left behind suffer from the stigma of being widows of Abu Sayyaf fighters.
Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan travelled to a small village in Basilan to hear their stories.
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