{"id":36,"date":"2017-12-01T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T07:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2021-10-26T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T04:33:02","slug":"women-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/units\/women-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Women affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Women\u2019s Development Unit<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-883 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Women-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 447px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">Telephone No<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 316px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">081 2385453<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">E-mail<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 26px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">:<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 316px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333333;\">womenaffairs1@Gmail.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table style=\"background-color: #17910f; width: 100%; height: 40px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 32.7px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 693.3px;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Creating an affluent women\u2019s generation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #107ac2; width: 100%; height: 40px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;\"><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Contribution towards a balanced sustainable economic development in Central Province by offering a qualitative value for the women\u2019s economic life through women\u2019s personal skills development using economically managed regional resources.<\/strong><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Objectives<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Build up a socialized women\u2019s generation essential for prevailing society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Empower the women with knowledge, attitudes, technological knowledge and skills contributing towards the economic process.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Directing women for the product contribution, economic thrift, investments and savings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Assessing the skilled women and providing opportunities for present their skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Identify the problems that faced by women and support them to find solutions and conducting counselling programs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Developing Liyasewana centers regionally to increase multitasking activities. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Providing welfare services for the women in central province those who need to find solutions for the mental&#038; legal problems they are facing in their day today life.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Offering training programs on income generating activities for unemployed women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conduct marketing programs to promote entrepreneur women\u2019s products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Social development affairs and Income generating activities for women in estate sector.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Celebrating special national &#038; international days devoted for women.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Empowering Women Economically<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conducting vocational training programs for unemployed women and conducting training programs on self-employment such as; needlecraft, beauty culture, curtains(drapery), batik creations and patch-point creation etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Organizing business exhibitions \/fairs generating market opportunities and directing trained self-employed women for production.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conducting entrepreneur societies and organizing female entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Providing loan facilities for women and directing them to apply.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Motivating female entrepreneurs and conducting assessing programs <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Strengthening Women Socially<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conducting evaluation programs to motivate entrepreneur women.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Celebration of International Women\u2019s Day, International Day of the girl child and mother\u2019s day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conducting awareness programs for government servants<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Developing \u201cLiyasewana Centers\u201d as multitasking<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Developing \u201cLiyasewana Centers\u201d as model training centers for women and conducting projects conducting special programs for the betterment of women reside closer to those centers. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Capacity Development<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Conducting programs for uplifting the capacity level of women\u2019s development officers and instructors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #12a9e0; width: 100%; height: 40px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;\"><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Executive officer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;933&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">R.K.I.E Kumarage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Assistant Director (Planning)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #de8a23; width: 100%; height: 40px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;\"><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Officers of the Unit<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;990&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; el_class=&#8221;thumbnail&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>About the Women\u2019s Development Unit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">As the foundation of the society &#038; each family women provide incomparable contribution in keeping peace of the family along with its economic management and operational activities. Therefore empowering women would be a social empowerment. According to the population statistics of the Central Province the population of women is 52.56% (Department of Census &#038; statistics \u2013Year 2012). Hence it\u2019s very important of directing &#038; imitating women towards the economic development field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">According to the development process sources of Sri Lankan, a priority has given to widespread women\u2019s vocational skill development and it\u2019s also shows a necessity of the women\u2019s contribution for the socio economic development process since women have taken the 52% amount out of the total population. Therefore it indicates more attention on directing the women for the contribution of socio economic development. Also there is a time requirement on consideration of necessities of the rural women\u2019s population as it is exceeds more than 72% of population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Therefore women affairs unit conducts their programs in order to overcome those objectives identified by the ministry of industries &#038; sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Vocational Training Programs\/Courses conducted by women\u2019s Development Unit in 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Fabric cutting &#038; sewing(needle-craft) -30 days <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Bridal dressing and beauty culture -35 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Patch point &#038; patchwork creation-20 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Curtain drapery -10 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Making Shoes &#038; bags-15 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Batik creation -10 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Bridal dressmaking and Saree blouse design<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Screen printing- 02 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Food technology -05 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Making cakes-05 days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Framing photographs-(10 hours)-02 days<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;829&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;828&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 60px; background-color: #10a0de;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 5%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 85.4903%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Latest News and Events<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_basic_grid post_type=&#8221;post&#8221; max_items=&#8221;3&#8243; element_width=&#8221;12&#8243; item=&#8221;masonryGrid_GoTop&#8221; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1526271377166-7ae1891ddfcea3ff2961fe16fa307643-1&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Women\u2019s Development Unit &nbsp; Telephone No : 081 2385453 E-mail : womenaffairs1@Gmail.com Vision Creating an affluent women\u2019s generation Mission Contribution towards a balanced sustainable economic development in Central Province by offering a qualitative value for the women\u2019s economic life through women\u2019s personal skills development using economically managed regional resources.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;shadow_m&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Objectives Build up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"inc\/department template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36\/revisions\/2389"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moi.cp.gov.lk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}