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2. Women in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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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 ]

3. Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala - Wikipedia

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   Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala. 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 ...

4. Sirimavo Bandaranaike - Wikipedia

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   Despite Bandaranaike's notability as the world's first woman prime minister, political scholars have commented that Bandaranaike was symbolically powerful, but ultimately had little impact on women's political representation in Sri Lanka. [173]

5. List of Sinhalese female monarchs - Wikipedia

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   Anula of Anuradhapura (47–42 BCE) Anula was the first known queen regnant in both Sri Lankan history and the Anuradhapura period. She is also believed to be the first female head of state in all of Asia. She was from the House of Vijaya. First known to the public as the queen consort of King Chora Naga, son of King Valagambahu of Anuradhapura ...

6. Kumari Jayawardena - Wikipedia

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   Kumari Jayawardena ( Sinhala: කුමාරි ජයවර්ධන; born 1931) is a Sri Lankan feminist activist and academic. Her work is part of the canon of Third-world feminism which conceptualizes feminist philosophies as indigenous and unique to non-Western societies and nations rather than offshoots of Western feminism. She has ...

7. Gender roles in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Women in the Sri Lankan Parliament - Wikipedia

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   Women have served in the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 1931 and have been represented in all successive parliaments to date. The first woman representative was Adeline Molamure, elected to the State Council, daughter of J. H. Meedeniya and wife of Alfred Francis Molamure, both State Councillors. 60 women have served in the legislature of Sri ...

9. Sanghamitta - Wikipedia

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   Sanghamitta bringing a sapling of the right branch of the Bodhi tree to Sri Lanka. Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara [8]. Sanghamitra is known for the proselytisation activity among women that she pursued as her lifetime goal in Sri Lanka, along with her brother, Mahendra (called Mahinda in Sri Lanka) at the initiation of her father, Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty who ruled in India in the 3rd ...