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Based on the Workers' Councils in Yugoslavia, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) proposed the formation of Workers' Councils as far back as 1951. This was included in the manifesto of the collation between the LSSP and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and was rejected in the 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election.
Private provident funds existed in the private sector, with some companies contributing on a voluntary basis until 1958, when the Employees' Provident Fund was established by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike following the enactment of the Employees' Provident Fund Act No 15 of 1958 which established the Employees' Provident Fund which made it compulsory for all employers and employees to contribute if ...
Ruins of a 2,000 year old hospital in the historical city of Anuradhapura. Sri Lankan medical traditions records back to pre historic era. Besides a number of medical discoveries that are only now being acknowledged by western medicine, according to the Mahawansa, the ancient chronicle of Sinhalese royalty King Pandukabhaya had lying-in-homes and hospitals (Sivikasotthi-Sala) built in various ...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Sri Lanka face legal and social challenges not faced by non-LGBT people. Article 365 of the Sri Lankan Penal Code , which dates from the time of colonial British Ceylon , criminalizes sexual acts deemed "against the order of nature". [ 58 ]
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka scores higher than the regional average in healthcare having a high life expectancy and a lower maternal and infant death rate than its neighbors. [1] [2] In 2018 life expectancy was 72.1 for men and 78.5 for women ranking the country 70th in the world. [3]
People for Equality and Relief in Lanka (PEARL) is a human rights organization [1] formed in 2005 in the United States to address human rights issues affecting Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. It conducts field research and publishes reports on issues such as accountability , militarization and transitional justice .
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 22 November 2019 12 August 2020 Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Minister of Healthcare and Indigenous Medical Services Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 12 August 2020 18 April 2022 Minister of Health Channa Jayasumana: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 18 April 2022 9 May 2022 Keheliya Rambukwella: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: 23 May 2022 ...
Also: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation: Health professionals: Social workers Pages in category "Sri Lankan social workers" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.