 Ms.Harshini Dayananda She stated that women with disabled children are compelled to remain at home to look after their sick children and it will be more productive if they are encouraged to engage in self-employment while being at home and added that these facilities should be equally made available to those who are not engaged in government jobs and those who are government servants. There is no such policy in the North Central Province. It will be more appropriate if custodians too are afforded a training during training sessions for disabled.  Ms. A.Kusumawathie She explained the various difficulties faced by them when seeking loans from government lending institutions. There is no mechanism whatsoever to assist them in maintaining their trade- stalls and the government should make arrangements to introduce a suitable mechanism to guide such entrepreneurs and create a suitable programme enabling them to obtain their loans in a convenient manner.  Ms.Leelawathie Gunawardena (self-employed) She pointed out the non-availability of a suitable market place for their products. They have no space to market their products in places which are heavily frequented by the purchasers. Trade stall are divided among the major scale entrepreneurs side -lining the micro entrepreneurs. The taxes to be paid by those engaged in self-employment is also a heavy burden on them. She acknowledged with thanks the assistance rendered by nongovernmental organizations and remarked that it will be more appropriate if the Government intervenes in this process because of the exorbitant prices of the implements being used for self-employment and various problems are created when they use public transport for marketing their products.  Ms.Jeewanthi Liyanage ( representing Haritha Sangamaya ) Stated that it will be productive for those women who are engaged in the cultivation of ornamental flowers, if a suitable marketing place for their products, i.e. flower plants, in the city of Anuradhapura. She suggested that It will be helpful if they are exposed to international standards in addition to providing local training on floriculture. Ministry of Industrial Development is presently engaged in distributing flower plants and pots, but the supply is inadequate to cater to the full requirements of the floriculturists.  Distribution of resources and providing finance assistance are done on political influence and intervention.  Programmes propagating products of rural women has to be developed.  Laws and policies presently in force are inaccessible to the woman entrepreneurs.  Government institutions should take necessary steps to improve the requirements prevailing in rural areas without political interference and also in the proper manner on the basis of correct data. 14 14