Abstract:
The Purpose of the dissertation was to study the training of rural
women leaders to mobilise their participation in development
activities.
The main objective was to study development trends and to identify
the role of women in development, to identify their training needs for
enhanced participation in development, to study the existing training
programmes conducted by both the state sector and NGO sector in
rural Sri Lanka , and make recommendations for the future .
This is a descriptive research, with a survey of literature and findings
were based on a component of field work by the administration of a
questionnaire to selected women leaders and by conducting indepth
interviews, observation and extensive interaction with rural
women.
The study provides basic information on current trends in rural
development, and the role and status of women in this regard. It
identifies constraints faced by women that inhibit their participation in
development activities, their training and other needs to overcome
these constraints and the need for systematic training to enable
women to participate more fully in the development of their families ,
communities and the country.
