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, by ALPHONSUS Mimi
From housekeepers and migrant workers to factory workers, farmers, and home-makers, working women’s lives have been torn apart by the economic crisis. Through debt traps, informal, unprotected jobs, domestic violence, and increased chores at home, no aspect of women’s lives have gone untouched. (…)
, by JOACHIM Michael
Malayagam women are one of the ethnic minority groups who have immensely contributed to the economy of this country for the last 200 years. However, they are also among those who have endured all forms of violence, including the worst forms of structural and political violence. They made history (…)
, by The Feminist Collective for Economic Justice
The Feminist Collective for Economic Justice (FCEJ) denounces the completely misinformed and baseless comment made by National People’s Power (NPP) member, Minister Vijitha Herath that there is no need to reform the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA).
The Collective strongly condemns this (…)
, by DASSANAYAKE Harindra B, GAMAGE Rajni
The NPP, which was the victor in Sri Lanka’s recent presidential election, prioritised women’s political inclusion and appointed Harini Amarasuriya as prime minister – but still needs to do much more to achieve lasting change
In 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike became Sri Lanka’s first woman prime (…)
, by CEGU Hasanah, ISMAIL Nadia, TEGAL Ermiza
Child marriages occur in all communities in Sri Lanka, and teenage pregnancies are a concern nationwide. Unlike the approach towards this harmful practice in other communities, it is legitimised within Muslim communities by the State. Hence, there is a call from Muslim women’s rights groups to (…)
, by BAINES Crystal
The question of ‘woman’ in Buddhism has always rested on a paradox. On the one hand is the misogyny couched in the canon and in later monastic traditions which highlight women’s “subordinate” physical and mental constitution as reason to prohibit them from entering the Sangha. On the other hand, (…)
, by SENANAYAKE Devana
“The economic crisis devastated us,” Vadivel Vasanthy, a 40 year-old maid based in Vavunathivu in Batticaloa told me. Prior to the economic crisis, Vasanthy ran a small business which sold spices and peanuts in her local area, but had to close it because of a rise in supply costs. In 1998, (…)
, by MUDUGAMUWA Maheesha
In the quiet village of Wanathawilluwa in Puttalam, Kamala, a 46-year-old resident, opens up about a seemingly endless ordeal. Her story, while poignant, is sadly one among thousands echoing across Sri Lanka’s rural landscape. As the nation grapples with a microfinance debt crisis, Kamala and (…)
, by BOHOSLAVSKY Juan Pablo, HEMACHANDRA Lakmali, SKANTHAKUMAR Balasingham
LH: As the previous Special Procedures mandate-holder of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations on foreign debt and human rights, would you please begin by explaining how debt and finance impinge on human rights; and why human rights matter, or ought to matter, when it comes to issues of (…)
, by APWLD
Women’s rights groups in Sri Lanka reject the current debt restructuring solutions that place the burden of repayment on Sri Lanka’s working classes, particularly its women. They are demanding urgent and sustainable solutions to the ongoing debt crisis in Sri Lanka, that respond to the actual (…)
, by GUNASEKARA Skandha
While condemning the recent recommendations given by Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) on proposed amendments to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act (MMDA), civil society groups and lawyers have urged the Ministry of Justice to opt for progressive reforms and refrain from allowing such efforts (…)
, by KODIKARA Chulani
The IMF Staff Report on Sri Lanka released in March 2022 outlined a number of policy prescriptions to address Sri Lanka’s unprecedented economic crisis, including increasing women’s labour force participation. The few lines in the report on this issue provoked some responses within mainstream (…)
, by Daily FT
The exclusion of women from the tripartite National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) has come under fire by 150 activist individuals and 55 organisations.
In a statement they said that the Minister of Labour has taken the extraordinary step to remove the only woman on the NLAC which consists of (…)
, by AUGUSTYNIAK Nadia
Arguments about the economic benefits of women’s labour participation go hand in hand with assumptions about the personal value of women’s work, often framed in terms of empowerment and choice. Yet this notion of choice and empowerment elides not only the deeply unequal and often exploitative (…)
Informality is highly prevalent in the Sri Lankan apparel industry in the Katunayake export processing zone where there has been a labour shortage since the 2010s (Ranasinghe et al. 2016). Against this shortage, informal labour plays a key role in guaranteeing uninterrupted production in the (…)
, by VITHANAGAMA Ranmini
The benefits of women’s labour force participation (LFP) have been broadly discussed along two strands. The first is its utilitarian value. According to International Monetary Fund estimates, increasing women’s LFP can boost the national output levels by as much as 35% in developing countries. (…)
, by TEGAL Ermiza
It is only by coming together as citizens of this country that we can ensure the inalienable fundamental rights of Muslim women and children without being appropriated either by majoritarian state agenda or by conservative Muslim community agenda
“The MMDA as it stands now is far from (…)
, by PADMASIRI Buddhima
Women’s empowerment through employment is not a new focus for international financial institutions and development agencies. It was also among the objectives of the ‘structural adjustment’ programmes introduced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in the Global South (…)
, by ZAHID Sabra
The Sri Lankan Government needs to move ahead with MMDA reforms before any more delays and scuttling by conservative groups with intentions to suppress Muslim women’s rights in the name of culture or religion
The Sri Lankan Muslim communities have been abuzz with debates about the reform of (…)
, by AUGUSTYNIAK Nadia
Arguments about the economic benefits of women’s labour participation go hand in hand with assumptions about the personal value of women’s work, often framed in terms of empowerment and choice. Yet this notion of choice and empowerment elides not only the deeply unequal and often exploitative (…)
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