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