Girl Guides take to empower war affected women
Harsha UDAYAKANTHA PEIRIS
The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association (SLGGA) launched a project
titled War Affected Women Empowered, at the Girl Guide Headquarters,
recently. The project implemented with the objective of empowering women
affected by the war will aim at skills development.
The project will unite and touch the lives of three segments of women
affected by the war. It includes, wives of disabled soldiers, young
girls and women forced into combat and other women distressed as a
result of the war, said Girl Guides Association Communication Director
Dilmini Peiris.
"Since the wives of disabled soldiers are organized as a group, phase
one of the project will focus on empowering them. Through a needs
analysis for livelihood development of this group, we have identified
their areas of interest as being home gardening, dress making and hand
craft.
"Vocational training in these areas will be worked out in three
training centres in Homagama, Anuradhapura and Matara and Girl Guides
groups in these areas will provide resource persons. The training
programs will commence in May" Peiris said. |