S T O R I E S O F I M PACT :
K R I S H A N I C H A T H U R A N G A
G E N D E R T R A I N I N G A N D P O L I C Y
Krishani is currently an Accounting Officer with the Women ’ s Entrepreneurship Program at INDECOS . Before working at INDECOS , she was a Training Officer with a bank in Matara . She studied advanced level commerce at the Matara Central College where she completed her Chartered Accounts examination . Her experience with INDECOS ’ gender trainings and policy was eye-opening . Prior to her participation , she was not aware of gender related issues , whi were covered through this program . One of the post-training activities that she found intere was preparing a Gender File , which aimed to give participants the opportunity to further eng with their learning by putting together a folder with resources , articles and art that are relev to the trainings ' discussions . Each of the participants ’ files were combined at a follow-up ev and are now kept in a Gender Resource cabinet in-office . Krishani learned a lot through her research and working with a colleague to prepare her Gender File . She feels that gender trai programs are important as , “ many people don ’ t know what gender is about , like myself befor training . Having a training program means their knowledge will be improved , and they can kn about gender policies and other updates .” In the future , Krishani hopes that all women can fi their happiness in their professional and personal lives . She wants women to think that if the do it , that they know they can .
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" Having this program means their knowledge will be improved , and they can know about gender policies and other updates ."