For most of us, owning a passport or identity card is something we take for granted. But many people around the world have never been recognized as citizens of their own country. UN 21st Century travels to the rain-forest of Gabon in West Africa to meet such a group -- the pygmies. Then, widows number nearly 250 million worldwide... almost half of them live in extreme poverty. Many are discriminated against and relegated to a life of isolation. In India, we get a glimpse of what life is like for these forgotten women.

For most of us, owning a passport or identity card is something we take for granted. But many people around the world have never been recognized as citizens of their own country. UN 21st Century travels to the rain-forest of Gabon in West Africa to meet such a group -- the pygmies. Then, widows number nearly 250 million worldwide... almost half of them live in extreme poverty. Many are discriminated against and relegated to a life of isolation. In India, we get a glimpse of what life is like for these forgotten women.