Acknowledgements The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka would like to appreciate and thank the United Nation’s Population Fund (UNFPA) for establishing a partnership with the Commission to work a Training Guide, on furthering the protection of the rights of Women and girl child. Furthermore, the Commission extends its sincere gratitude towards Mr.Alain Sibenaler, Representative – UNFPA and Ms. Nirosha Welgama, former National Programme Analyst – Gender, who coordinated with the Commission and other members of staff of UNFPA Sri Lanka for the contribution made by them to make this effort a success. Partners : The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) wishes to acknowledge the significant contribution and corporation of the three experts to this Training Guide: namely, Ms. Kamala Liyanage (PhD, Keio-Tokyo), Ms. Ramani Jayasundere (PhD, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), and Ms. Rose Wijeysekere (MPhil, Colombo). The partners would also like to thank all the governmental and non-governmental organizations, institutions, individuals, UN Agencies, INGOs and participants for their valuable contribution during the training sessions. We wish to especially acknowledge the services of Ms. Ramani Jayasundere who has carefully perused the reports, and has also made a tremendous contribution by assisting in compiling this report to make the final document. Our heartfelt gratitude is extended to all the staff of the HRCSL who assisted in compositing this report in their respective capacities. 01