Discussion with women headed families in Jaffna

Discussion with women headed families in Jaffna on 09.01.2013

Beginning, all participants were welcome explaining the objective of the program by Mr. Imbanayagam who is the coordinator of Jaffna district.

Lavina Hasanthi Perera who is the women coordinator of National Fisheries Solidarity Movement addressed the women then.

The basic issues of them-

Nidawan (Camp)

 There are 20 women headed families

1.     1. There is no land to settle perfectly

      TheAy have moving place to place in Maility and Valikamam as displaced people since 1990.  Now they have been informed by land owners to remove even form the lands that they have settled temporally.

2.     2.  Lack of job opportunities

3.    3. There is no enough money women headed families to spent for education of their children

4.  4.Women headed families are facing fogging even in the same community. 

  Sabapathi (Camp)

     There are 11 women headed families in the camp.

The issues they are facing-

1.  No  any proper system to resettle them

2. They have been informed to remove form the camp by the land owners of the land which is used as the camp sending letters approved    by the Divisional Secretary.

3. Providing subsidies to them   has been stopped since 2010.

4. Lack of job opportunities for them.

5. Education of the children is  dropping down due to  the poetry of their parents

Konatkulam( Mallagam B) (Camp)

There are 15 women headed families

The issues they face-

1.      No  any proper system to resettle them

2.      Subsidies has been limited

3.      No job opportunities

Selvapuram (Village)

           There are 10 women headed families

The issues they face

1.  and and houses were not provided for the people who came form Vanni areas

( More than 25 families who came from live in the temporary huts in privet lands)

2. No lavatory facilities 

3. No economic strength to spend money for their children’s education

4.  Subsidies has been limited

        Yogapuram (Village)

There are 4  women headed families

The issues they face

1. There is a camp called “ Yogapuaram Welfare Camp” which has 87 families who came from Tellippalei, Vimankaman and Varathalavilan in Jaffna because of  being displaced  in 1990.

2. Five families have come for Vanni.

3. No lavatory facilities 

4. No job opportunities

5.There is no facility  to be provided education for their children

         Urumbirai (Village)
 1. No economic strength to spend money for their children’s education
2. No job opportunities

Sunnagam (Village)

There are 10 women headed families

1.No economic strength to spend money for their children’s education

2.No job opportunities 

Facilitators-

·       Lavina Hasanthi Perera

·       Anthony Jesudasan

·       N. Imbernayagam

·       Chithra

.       Wasanthi

Women headed families who participated from-

1.      Needavan camps

2.      Kannagipuram

3.      Sabapathi

4.      Konatkulam

5.      Selvapuram

6.      Yogapuram

7.      Urumpirai

8.      Sunnagam