35% of Aceh's women uneducated

35% of Aceh's women uneducated

BANDA ACEH: The local women's empowerment office head, Lailisma Sofyati, said on Saturday that 35 percent of the two million Acehnese women living in remote villages were uneducated and prone to violence.

She said that being uneducated hindered the women in planning their future.

"They don't know whether they have any potential skills. They don't even know about their basic rights and obligations," she said.

Lailisma said the ongoing civil strife in the province had caused women and children to lag behind their peers in other regions.

She said her office had trained 30 volunteers in stress management to help women and children in conflict areas in the province. --Antara