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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 , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The State Ministry of Foreign Employment Promotions and Market Diversification is a ministry in the Government of Sri Lanka responsible “for converting the entire labour migration sector into a demand driven process and make it highly competitive by introducing required structural changes together with necessary promotional and welfare activities to meet the international market challenges ...
Recognized as being one of the twelve Top Women Change-Makers in the country by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and USAID. Recipient of the Career Role Model Award in 2013 by Women in Management, Sri Lanka and the IFS; a World Bank Group. In 2016, awarded the Women Super Achiever Award at the World Women Leadership Congress Awards, India.
Lists of women by nationality. Lists of Sri Lankan people. Sri Lankan women. History of women in Sri Lanka.
History of women in Sri Lanka (7 C, 4 P) O. Women's organisations based in Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) S. Women's sport in Sri Lanka (7 C) Sri Lankan women (9 C ...