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On 21 March 2021, she joined with University of Peradeniya and distributed rice bags and dry rations to elder homes that didn't receive food due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka. [71] Dilhara organized a tree planting program with University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 12 March 2021. Six different types of trees were planted in ...
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.
Ladies’ College is the first school in Sri Lanka to provide interactive smart boards for the entire campus. [17] Ladies’ College was founded by Miss Lillian Nixon as part of her plan to further women’s education during a time when women’s rights were being advocated. [18]
Yamuna Sangarasivam is a Sri Lankan-American dancer, academic and writer. [1] She was well known for dancing with Michael Jackson during the shooting of the video song Black or White (1991). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She works as a professor of Sociology & Anthropology at Nazareth University in New York . [ 4 ]
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 ]
She entered Sri Lanka's UP and Coming Fashion Designer Competition in 2014 where she was one of the finalists. [8] in 2017 she was listed in the Top 10 Most Remarkable Women of Sri Lanka by the Independent Television Network, coinciding with International Women's Day. [9] She works as a volunteer to assist Sri Lanka Army through Arya Foundation ...
In March 2019, she was named as one of the most influential women, and among women change-makers in Sri Lanka, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka coinciding with International Women's Day. [21] [22] [23] In August 2019, she was one of the 66 recipients to receive national honors for 2019 from the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. [24] [25]
The University of Sri Lanka was a public university in Sri Lanka. Established in 1972 by amalgamating the four existing universities, it was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1972 until 1978. The university was based at six campuses in Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Moratuwa and Jaffna.