SLCDF signed an agreement with Diakonia Colombo Office to facilitate establishing a federation thus creating space for women to represent equally at all levels and ensure good governance from grassroots level upwards in Batticaloa district
Objectives:
- To address the critical issues that affect women in Batticaloa district by an effective District level women federation.
- To promote and create space for women to participate in decision making at all levels
- To ensure gender equality and equity in development and humanitarian interventions
Planned Activities
- Mapping of women organizations at Divisional / district level
- Consultative meeting & establish the facilitating groups
- Conduct Capacity Assessment of the identified women organizations in all DS Divisions and develop capacity building strategies based on the findings
- Establish Federation in district level
- Developing the Constitutional framework with the participation of women’s organizations and stakeholders and adopt a constitution for the District Federation
- Developing three-year strategic plan for the district federation in consultation with divisional women’s forums
- Conducting training / workshops on networking, policy & advocacy