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Women have served in the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 1931 and have been represented in all successive parliaments to date. The first woman representative was Hon. (Ms.) Adeline Molamure, elected to the State Council, daughter of Hon. J. H. Meedeniya and wife of Hon. Alfred Francis Molamure, both State Councilors.
Women have served in the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 1931 and have been represented in all successive parliaments to date. 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 ...
Women Parliamentarians Caucus in Parliament. The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus was established on 6th April 2006 in the 6th Parliament as a common platform to carry forward the agenda on gender issues.
21 lip 2021 · Women parliamentarians in Sri Lanka came together to support the first woman DIG (Deputy Inspector General of Police). Do you see women parliamentarians coming together in a similar way on issues to support other fellow women politicians too?
Sri Lanka has taken some positive steps to address significant gaps in women’s electoral representation and achieve greater gender equality. One such step is the introduction of a quota at the local government level, and Parliament’s passage of a law for anew electoral system with a quota at the provincial level. However, women in Sri Lanka
Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus (WPC) in Sri Lanka is a unique parliamentary mechanism that unites women parliamentarians from diverse political parties, geographical locations, ethnic and religious groups together under one objective – empowerment of women and elimination of all forms of violence and harassment against women and girls- and ...
Lady Members. * Elected to the office of the Executive President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on 12 November 1994. Was disqualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament in terms of Article 91 (1) (d) (xiii) to be read with Article 66 of the Constitution.
