Breaking barriers mobilisation of poor rural women in Sri Lanka

The central theme of this study is mobilisation of poor rural women in Sri Lanka. 'Mobilisation' is defined as the process of people bringing together resources needed for action to achieve a common interest (Tilly 1.978). The purpose of this study is to analyse opportunities for mobilisation on class and gender based interests in the rural society of Sri Lanka. 'Opportunities' indicate facilitating factors as well as limitating factors which occur. Class and gender based interests are observed to be the major interests of poor rural women, although not the only ones.