OTHER: Girl Guides Take to Empower War Affected Women

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.