SriLanka, Sept. 19 -- Mullaitivu District Secretary A. Umamaheswaran said, at a recent event organised by the Viluthu Foundation for Women to support women's livelihood and entrepreneurship, among the 47,000 families in Mullaitivu District, 2,700 families are entirely run by women, and more than 6,000 women are widows according to records.
A participatory research on the definition of women heads of household conducted by Viluthu, the civil society organisation that supported in implementation of this livelihood effort found 11 main categories, and over 58 subcategories and more than 100 further sub divisions of women under the women heads of households banner- showing a lot more has to be done to understand their lived realities.
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