HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 ▪ Other awareness programmes The Commission also conducted many other awareness-raising programmes such as: - On 16 February 2018 the Commission successfully conducted an awareness programme for the staff of the Ministry of Megapolis and Urban Development at the auditorium of the Ministry on the inclusion of the right to accessibility of persons with disabilities in development programmes. - The Commission conducted another awareness- raising session on the certificate of gender for transgender persons for the benefit of the Additional District Registrars of the Western Province held at the Registrar General’s Department, Sri Jayawardanepura, Kotte on 19 July 2018. ▪ Assistance for community mobile services The Commission and the Regional Offices continued to provide assistance to mobile services organized by the Ministry of National CoExistence, Dialogue and Official Languages for marginalized groups in several parts of the country. As such, the HRCSL Head Office sent its officials as resource persons for mobile services in areas such as Yatiyanthota, Negombo, Puttalam, while the respective Regional Offices provided assistance to mobile services in areas such as Deniyaya, Rathtota, Nawalapitiya, Bogawantalawa, Pudukudirippu, and Kilinochchi. 5.2. Sharing Knowledge with Other Public Institutions/Programmes The Commission, through its Head Office and the Regional Offices, also provides assistance by way of resources persons to programmes conducted by other public institutions and actively contributed to 78