Minister of Child and Women’s Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj engaged in an inspection tour of the Welikada Prison in Colombo on the first day of the new year (2025).

Commemorating the dawn of the new year, Minister Paulraj visited the prison and engaged in discussions with female inmates and children at the Day Care Centre at the prison.

Having inquired about the well-being of female inmates and the issues faced at present, the Minister also handed out gifts with essential items to them. 

Minister of Child and Women’s Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj was accompanied by Deputy Minister Dr. Namal Sudharshana, Ministry Secretary K.D. R. Olga, and other high-ranking officials of her ministry. (Newswire)

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The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Women and Child Affairs to allocate Rs. 25 million for the year 2025 for the administration of temporary care homes for female victims of violence. 

The Ministry of Women and Child Affairs has maintained a total of 10 care home centres, with one temporary care home each in the Gampaha, Ratnapura, Moneragala, Colombo, Matara, Batticaloa, Mullaitivu, and Jaffna districts and 02 in the Anuradhapura District.

It has been planned to establish one temporary care home in the Nuwara-Eliya district from January 2025.

Certain administrative and maintenance expenses of certain care centers have been directly borne by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, while the expenses of certain care homes are borne by several women’s welfare-oriented organizations. 

The said organizations have provided protection for 2,852 victimized women from the year 2020 to the second quarter of 2024 at a cost of Rs. 60.35 million. 

However, only Rs. 37.69 million was received by the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs as provisions, whereas the bills valued at Rs. 22 million are yet to be settled. 

Taking into account these factors, the Cabinet has approved the proposal to allocate Rs. 25 million for the year 2025 and to allocate the provisions necessary for the following years in the annual budget. (Newswire)

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