Co-operatives as a means to uplift war affected women in Sri Lanka

• by Rajani Iqbal
• - on 11/20/2013 
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  • Photo courtesy UNDP Sri Lanka
    (A presentation made on 16th November, 2013 at London at a meeting of Charitable Organisations  working with war victims in Sri Lanka)
    The end of the war saw many national plans by  the  government to develop the war affected areas.   But there is none for the women affected by the war who are the worst affected.  An estimate  shows  that  90% of the households in the Wanni Districts are women-headed households.

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