An awareness program on women contribution for the
development was organized to the citizen forum members in the fisher
cooperative society center on 29 August 2014 in Trincomalee district. Madam Vasanthi Jeyaraj who is the Rural Women
Development Officer in the local government participated to the program as the
resource person.
She shared the knowledge about many areas related to
the women’s involvement of the development in the country. There was a
discussion about what the
responsibilities of man for developing the woman of the society. There are 52
percentages of the women in the population in the country. Women contributes by
5 percent to the development in different ways such as working overseas,
working in garment sector as well as in the tea state sector in the country.
Resource person improved the understanding of the
participant about the relationship between the woman and politic. According to
the political areas of the country, we are unable satisfy about the
participation of women to the politic. Women have participated by 4 percent of
the local government. That is not a balance percentage comparatively with men
participation to the politic. Women have different limitations to engage with
the politic.
Mrs. Vasanthi Jeyaraj opened the mind of the citizen
forum members in different ways on the themes of woman and low, women rights
and role and responsibility of the woman for development of the country.
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