The Staff Development Centre organized a workshop on “Preventing Sexual & Gender Based Violence”, in collaboration with the Center for Gender Equity and Equality of the University of Jaffna. It took place on 22nd January 2020 from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm. The venue was the Balakrishnan Block, Faculty of Business Studies, Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna. Academic, Administrative and Non-Academic staff attended.
Dr. K. Pakeerathan and Mrs. Thushani Sayanthan, Senior Lecturers from the University of Jaffna, served as resource persons for this workshop. Miss N. Udhayani, Women Development Officer from the District Secretariat, Jaffna, also served as a resource person. Participants gained more knowledge about the GEE, SGBV in general life, functions of the CGEE, and election procedures. They also worked in groups and presented the issues and preventive mechanisms they identified on SGBV.
