Savisthri Annual Women Congress -2006

"SAVISTHRI" Organization (Women for Development Alternatives) is scheduled to hold it's annual women's congress during the month of March 2006 to concide with the International Women's Day which falls on March 08th 2006. SAVISTHRI is implementing it's projects in the Districts of Galle, Matara, Monaragala, Matale, Anuradhapura and NuwaraEliya covering the farming, fisheries, plantation sectors and Labour field and approximately 1000 SAVISTHRI members in these Districts will organize and hold this congress where they will be able to raise awareness amongst themselves about the activities of the SAVISTHRI Organization, to display their skills and talents exchange their experiences, establish relationships and acquire strength too economically.

This year SAVISTHRI Women's Congress will be held on 12.03.2006 in the Radalla Sports grounds in the NUwaraEliya District under the theme, "Let us camp for the Development of Co-existence and sustainable peace." It is also planned to hold an exhibition with alternate economic products of the Six Districts.

Our endeavour is to highlight through the congress the indifference meted out to each individual within the social, economic, political and cultural strata in Sri Lanka.

It is also planned to discuss at this congress the present war situation in the North- Eastern parts of the country increase in violence restlessness amongst the youth especially in the plantation areas which would create an atmosphere to incite them to violence. The main objective of the congress is to instill an awareness amongst the masses in the South of the various problems encountered by the plantation workers, forget all the disputes and differences prevailing amongst the masses and live peacefully along with the environment and all the community. Our firm expectation is to instill amongst the women in the farming, fisher folk, plantation sectors and others the importance of uniting together irrespective of various, differences to form a strong Women's Force. Mention must be made that the co-orperation of the Organizations "Women's Network for Social Justice" and "Mother's Movement for Combatting Malnutrition", various co-ordinating organizations, voluntary workers, with us is a matter of significance.