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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: Sri Lankan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Sri Lankan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
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 , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
Furthermore, globally, Sri Lanka ranks relatively low on gender equality indices. [5] Overall, this pattern of social history that disempowers females produces a cycle of undervaluing females, providing only secondary access to health care and schooling and thus less opportunities to take on high-level jobs or training.
Not one of the 38 contenders in Sri Lanka's presidential election this month is a woman, a stark contrast in the Indian Ocean island where women make up more than half the voters and the workforce.
Sri Lanka’s elections commission on Thursday accepted applications from a record 39 candidates to run in next month’s presidential election, which will decide the course of the country's ...
A record 35 candidates have filed nominations to take part in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Nov. 16, nearly twice as many as participated in the last poll in 2015, posing a logistical ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Sri Lankan This category exists only as a container for other categories of Sri Lankan women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
History of women in Sri Lanka (7 C, 5 P) M. Women's ministers of Sri Lanka (1 C, 4 P) O. Women's organisations based in Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) S. Women's sport in Sri ...