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Gender Issues

Sri Lanka's returning female migrant workers don't plan for long-term sustainability: study

They rarely see the need for such reintegration as they do not understand the economic and labour market realities.

November 9, 2023 5 min read

Only 7.7 pct of Sri Lanka's working-age women in formal employment: IPS

Household and caregiving responsibilities and limited availability of jobs compound the issue, the IPS said.

November 6, 2023 6 min read

Sri Lanka’s labor minister talks workplace rights with transgender community

Need to align labor laws with global standards like ILO’s C190 and C180

September 19, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka drafts new laws to address gender socialisation, form national women's commission

Gender roles are socially constructed ideas of what it means to be one's assigned gender.

September 12, 2023 2 min read
South Asian collective urges action on high levels of sexual violence in the region

Collective action is needed to tackle sexual violence in South Asia

Sri Lanka leads region in recruiting more women in banking but barriers remain: IFC

Women comprisie 46 percent of new recruits, according to the IFC study.

Wake Up! It’s time for Gender Parity not Patriarchy

The resistance from a number of senior police officers to the appointment of Bimshani Jasin Arachchi as the first woman ...

Kshama Ranawana
February 22, 2021 6 min read

Dr Fernandopulle chosen as Chair of the Women’s caucus in Parliament

Dr Sudarshini Fernandopulle has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the tiny Women Parliamentarians Caucus an...

December 14, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka's violence against women is a shadow pandemic

Sri Lanka has a culture of tolerating violence against women with many incidents growing unreported, an activist has sai...

December 3, 2020 13 min read
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Sri Lankan women discriminated against because of Mat Leave benefits – Verité

Sri Lanka’s women between the ages of 20-40 are most likely to be unemployed because hiring them is expensive for the ...

Mahadiya Hamza
October 1, 2020 5 min read

Advocata panel finds many barriers for women to enter politics

A panel discussion hosted by the think tank Advocata has highlighted myriad issues that prevent more women from entering...

September 10, 2020 2 min read

Opinion: Onus on University staff to enforce discipline to stop ragging

Pasindu Hirushan Silva, the Sri Jayewardenepura student who was seriously injured when a tyre fell on him, has gone to c...

Kshama Ranawana
September 6, 2020 7 min read

Sri Lanka's women are deprived of positions in political power yet again

The task of untangling the island from its woes has now been handed over to a male-led Parliament to uphold the true val...

Sathya Karunarathne
August 25, 2020 7 min read

Opinion: Not having a Cabinet level Ministry dealing with Women and Children’s needs is regressive

By relegating the subject of women and children to a State Ministry without even a stand-alone status, it seems that for...

Kshama Ranawana
August 16, 2020 7 min read

Human Rights Defender Deepika Udagama quits as Chair of the Human Rights Commission

Sri Lanka’s Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, internationally renowned Human Rights Defender Dr Deepika Udag...

August 3, 2020 2 min read

Opinion: An All Women Party mooted to break into male-dominated politics

Though it is eighty-nine years since the first Sri Lankan woman, Adeline Molamure entered the State Legislature, then kn...

Kshama Ranawana
August 2, 2020 7 min read
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What is holding back Sri Lankan Women from entering politics: Lihini Fernando decodes

Despite Sri Lankan women having progressed by breaking boundaries in many fields, their participation in the country’s...

Mahadiya Hamza
July 27, 2020 5 min read

Women’s activists demand Mahinda apologise to Jalani over remark over childless women

A group of activists staged a demonstration against Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa today protesting remarks made by hi...

July 24, 2020 2 min read

Women nominees: Poor showing from major parties in run-up to Sri Lanka's polls

With nominations being concluded for the upcoming parliamentary election, questions have been raised as to whether women...

Tharumalee Silva
July 24, 2020 4 min read

Send more women to next Parliament - MPs

The women Members of Parliament are appealing to voters at the upcoming Parliamentary General elections to send more wom...

February 21, 2020 2 min read