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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 Lanka, including 13 who are currently serving, constituting over 5% of all current Members.
Women legislators in Sri Lanka (52 P) M. Women mayors of places in Sri Lanka (2 P) P. ... Contact Wikipedia; Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie statement;
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.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 1994: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Harini Amarasuriya: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka: 2024: Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Minister of Buddhasasana and Religious Affairs Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Buddhist Affairs, Ethnic Relations and National Integration: 1994: Minister of Child Development and Women's Affairs Sunethra ...
But since Sri Lanka introduced the universal franchise in 1931, the number of women in parliament has never crossed a threshold of 7%. Today, they are just 5.3% of its 225 members, and ...
The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...
Ambika Samuel is a Sri Lankan politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament following the results of the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election. [1] [2] [3] She became popular in social media for her bold stance and activism against tea estate owners by joining politics.
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]