Creating a society based on equality and justice through rural women’s leadership.
Through empowerment of rural peasants and women workers in Sri Lanka, facilitate and contribute in the efforts of rural women to redress their social, economic, political, environmental and cultural issues in an organized and sustainable manner.
The RWF has marched forward since 1988 empowering women of rural sector, organizing them around their problems and building their own leadership to solve them during the last 19 years.
Our Objectives
- Building a strong rural women’s leadership which would be capable of effectively addressing their identified issues through awareness raising.
- Protecting and promoting human rights of women engaged in sectors of agriculture, labor, plantation, fisheries and migrant workers.
- agriculture, labor, plantation, fisheries and migrant workers.
- Increasing women representation in the main decision making bodies of the country including parliament.
- Encouraging women to engage in environmentally friendly pursuits, based on local raw materials and thereby strengthening them economically.
- Providing relief to people who suffer from natural disasters.
- Raising awareness among the community about environmental issues and conducting various programs for the protection of environment.
- Organizing children to good and useful citizens and at the while protecting their rights.
- Documenting and disseminating data regarding violation of rights in Sri Lanka, thereby providing the people with correct information and pressuring the authorities.
Management & Executive Members in RWF
| Name | Designation |
|
01. |
Mrs. Sriyani
Pathirage |
Chief Co-ordinator, President |
02. |
Mrs. Swarna
Jayasinghe |
Vise President, Field Officer – Mahiyanganaya |
03. |
Mrs. Chandima
Kandage |
Secretary,
Field Officer - Baddegama |
04. |
Mrs. Sumana
Rabukwella |
Assistant secretary,Field Officer - Walapone |
05. |
Mrs. Nanda
Marasinghe |
Treasurer |
06. |
Mrs. S.
Ranawaka |
Credit
Manageress, Field Officer - Hewahata |
07. |
Mrs. Sumana
Weerakoon |
Field
Officer - Haguranketha |
08. |
Mrs. Samantha
Malkanthi |
Field
Officer - Gampaha |
09. |
Mrs. Nanda
Malani |
Field
Officer - Hikkaduwa |
10. |
Mr. Abdul
Rasaak |
Field
Officer - Kurunegala |
11. |
Mis. Nisansala
Gamage |
Programme
co-ordinator |
12. |
Mrs. Indika
Sajeewani |
MPMWR
Co-ordinator |
13. |
Mrs. Prema
Edirisinghe |
Accounts
Clerk |