International Women’s Day Celebration – 8 March 2026
The Centre for Women & Development (CWD) celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March at the Jaffna Public Library Auditorium. The event…
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Dry-ration relief for flood- and cyclone-affected families
The Center for Women and Development assisted flood-affected families by distributing its first batch of dry ration packs to displaced victims…
International Women’s Day 2022
To celebrate the International Women's Day, the Centre for Women and Development in partnership with Search for Common Ground handed over an…
Children’s Day and Elders’ Day celebrated online – 1 October 2021
Mr Thatparan Jekanathan, Attorney-at-Law presented an introductory talk on ‘Child rights under the three decades’ and Dr Aaruthirumurukan, President…
International Peace Day celebrated online – 21 September 2021
The Centre for Women and Development celebrated International Peace Day on 21.09.2021 through an online meeting.
Children’s Rights and Child Protection System – certificate course
The Centre for Women and Development is conducting a three-month certificate course on Children’s Rights and Child Protection System through an online…
Australian DAP: livelihood support for persons with disabilities
Under this project, livelihood support has been granted to one hundred and fifty persons with disabilities (both men and women) in Puthukkudiyiruppu…
Consultations with CBOs and networks on transitional justice mechanisms in the Northern Province
Under this topic, two programmes were implemented: one in Jaffna and one in Puthukkudiyiruppu.
Certificate of Appreciation from WUSC (2018)
On 14 November 2018, World University Service of Canada (WUSC) – Sri Lanka presented a Certificate of Appreciation to the Centre for…
பாரம்பரிய உணவு – கற்பக உற்பத்திகள்
பாரம்பரிய உணவு – கற்பக உற்பத்திகள் – photos and report from the Centre for Women & Development (CWD), Jaffna.
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