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Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , and they are allowed to vote in election since 1931 . [ 8 ]
Sri Lankan garment workers. Gender inequality in Sri Lanka is centered on the inequalities that arise between men and women in Sri Lanka.Specifically, these inequalities affect many aspects of women's lives, starting with sex-selective abortions and male preferences, then education and schooling in childhood, which influence job opportunities, property rights, access to health and political ...
While Sri Lanka relatively excels when it comes to gender equality indices, there are still many underlying issues pertaining to gender inequality in Sri Lanka. [3] Generally speaking, women in Sri Lanka are responsible for cooking, raising children, and taking care of housework. [2] In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of ...
Swasthika Arulingam. Nationality. Sri Lankan. Occupation (s) human rights lawyer, women's rights activist. Swasthika Arulingam is a Sri Lankan human rights lawyer, women's rights activist, human rights activist and political activist. She also serves as a prominent member of the Liberation Movement. [1] [2]
Women in Sri Lanka have had suffrage since 1931. [1] Agnes De Silva was secretary of the Ceylon Women's Franchise Union, which had been founded in 1927, and a prominent activist for women's suffrage. She led an organized delegation of women members of the Franchise Union to present their case at the 1928 Donoughmare Commission on Constitutional ...
Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala ( Sinhala: ජයන්ති කුරු උතුම්පාල, born 3 September 1979) is a Sri Lankan women’s rights activist with 20 years of experience and a rock climber / mountaineer for nearly as long. She has worked at national, regional, and global levels as a technical advisor, advocate, trainer ...
Radhika Coomaraswamy. Deshamanya Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 17 September 1953) [1] is a Sri Lankan lawyer, diplomat and human rights advocate who served as an Under-Secretary General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict from 2006 to 2012. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed her to the position in April 2006. [2]
Mary Rutnam. Mary Helen Rutnam (née Irwin; 2 June 1873 – 1962) [1] was a Canadian doctor, gynaecologist, suffragist, and pioneer of women's rights in Sri Lanka. [2] She became nationally recognised for her work in women's health and health education, birth control, prisoners' rights, and the temperance movement. [3]