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Bhutan is matrilineal, but the women are still in the kitchen
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The MP in question had allegedly sung a lewd song lyric directed at MP Athukorala.
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Ten women, academics, professionals, activists and sportswomen were invited to speak for ten minutes at a March 8 event ...
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A Media Gender Charter launched by Hashtag Generation in Collaboration with IREX identifies ethics and sets minimum stan...
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The resistance from a number of senior police officers to the appointment of Bimshani Jasin Arachchi as the first woman ...
Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the tiny Women Parliamentarians Caucus an...
Sri Lanka has a culture of tolerating violence against women with many incidents growing unreported, an activist has sai...
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Sri Lanka’s women between the ages of 20-40 are most likely to be unemployed because hiring them is expensive for the ...
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A panel discussion hosted by the think tank Advocata has highlighted myriad issues that prevent more women from entering...
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Pasindu Hirushan Silva, the Sri Jayewardenepura student who was seriously injured when a tyre fell on him, has gone to c...
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The task of untangling the island from its woes has now been handed over to a male-led Parliament to uphold the true val...
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By relegating the subject of women and children to a State Ministry without even a stand-alone status, it seems that for...
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Sri Lanka’s Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, internationally renowned Human Rights Defender Dr Deepika Udag...
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Though it is eighty-nine years since the first Sri Lankan woman, Adeline Molamure entered the State Legislature, then kn...
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Despite Sri Lankan women having progressed by breaking boundaries in many fields, their participation in the country’s...
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A group of activists staged a demonstration against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today protesting remarks made by hi...
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With nominations being concluded for the upcoming parliamentary election, questions have been raised as to whether women...
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The women Members of Parliament are appealing to voters at the upcoming Parliamentary General elections to send more wom...
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