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Women in Parliament, however small in numbers, have held high positions in Parliament and the cabinet. Two women have become Prime Minister and one has gone on to become the President of Sri Lanka. Hon. (Mrs.) Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the widow of the former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Hon. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike became the world's first female ...
Advocacy and lobby to develop a strong overarching women’s rights policy for Sri Lanka and bring strategic coherence with the national development policy. (A draft women’s rights policy is available already and that can be strengthened)
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?
Women’s representation and participation in leadership in Sri Lanka remains abysmally low. At national levels of government, there is only one woman in the Cabinet of Ministers and only 5.3 per cent of Parliament members are women.
2 dni temu · The extremely low level of representation of women in every layer of political decision-making in Sri Lanka has been recognised as a longstanding shortcoming by advocates and the media. Women in Sri Lanka represent 52% of the population while accounting for 56% of the registered voters. Since gaining independence, the contribution of women to the socio-economic progress of the nation has ...
25 wrz 2020 · Sri Lanka ranks 182nd out of 193 countries on the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), a global database that ranks countries by the percentage share of women in their national parliament....
Acting together across party political, ethnic and religious affiliations and differences, ensure equality for all, especially women, by advocating, enacting and monitoring gender responsive laws and budgets in Sri Lanka.
