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Mary Helen Rutnam (née Irwin; 2 June 1873 – 1962) [1] was a Canadian doctor, gynaecologist, suffragist, and pioneer of women's rights in Sri Lanka. [2] She became nationally recognised for her work in women's health and health education, birth control, prisoners' rights, and the temperance movement.
Classification: Sri Lanka: People: By occupation also: ... Sri Lankan women by occupation (17 C) A. Sri Lankan academics (13 C, 250 P) Sri Lankan activists (13 C, 21 P)
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 ]
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 weeding and help with the harvest. [2] Among poor families, women also perform full-time work for upper class individuals. [2]
Regarding types of jobs, women who work in nurturing professions such as teaching and health generally have children at an earlier age. [98] Since the 2010s, European demographists have theorized that women often self-select themselves into jobs with a favorable work–family balance in order to combine motherhood and employment. [98]
Women Employed's first major public event, attended by over 200 women, was a meeting of 26 of Chicago's leading corporations to discuss fair employment policies for women. [3] In its first year, WE published Working Women in the Loop – Underpaid, Undervalued , an investigation that used 1970 U.S. Census data on wages and employment patterns ...
Sports organisations of Sri Lanka (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Medical and health organisations based in Sri Lanka" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.