| Unit Name: | Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps |
| Country: |  Sri Lanka |
| Type: | Administrative corps |
| Role: | Combat support, Combat service support |
| Size: | 4 battalions |
| Garrison: | Borella, Colombo |
| Garrison Label: | Regimental Centre |
| Motto: | Savi Bala Sith - Avi Bala Deth (Translation from Sinhala: The Powerful Mind is the Strongest Weapon) |
| Battles: | Sri Lankan Civil War |
| Anniversaries: | 1 September, 17 November[1] |
| Current Commander Label: | Centre Commandant |
| Ceremonial Chief Label: | Colonel Commandant |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Flag |
The Sri Lanka Army Women's Corps (SLAWC) is a corps of the Sri Lanka Army. The headquarters of this corps is in Borella, Colombo and the corps has four battalions. The first battalion (1 SLAWC) was raised on 1 September 1979.
Every year, in 17th November the corps anniversary day is celebrated as in 1997's 17 November the regimental headquarters was created in Borella, Colombo.[1] [2]
The corps was set up with the assistance of the Women's Royal Army Corps of the British Army. It was identical in structure to its parent organization, and its first generation of lady officer cadets was trained in Britain. Candidates were required to be between eighteen and twenty years old and to have passed the General Common Entrance (Ordinary level) examinations, while the officer candidates must have passed the Advanced Level. Enlistment entailed a five-year service commitment (the same as for men), and recruits were not allowed to marry during this period. In the training course at the Army Training Center at Diyatalawa, recruits were put through a program of drill and physical training similar to the men's program, with the exception of weapons and battle craft training. Female soldiers were paid according to the same scale as the men, but were primarily limited to service in nursing, communications and clerical works.[3]
Women's corps members participated in the war for the first time was in the Vadamarachchi Operation, which lasted from 27 May 1987 to 11 June 1988; in this operation one officer, three nurses and four soldiers participated.[4] Over 25 female soldiers were killed in action in 1997.[5]