1. What prompted you to get into politics? I was always politically active but I wasnât involved in party politics. I was part of a trade union and I was a social activist. I gradually got involved in policy making relating to the JVP and some organizations linked to the JVP. We discussed the forming…
1. āļ¯āˇāˇāļ´āˇāļŊāļąāļēāļ§ āļ āˇāļāˇāļģāļĢāļē āˇāˇāļ¸āļ§ āļāļļāļāˇāļ¸āˇāļē āļāˇāļģāļĢāļē āļāˇ āˇ āļāˇāļ¸āļą āˇāˇāļāˇāļąāˇ āļąāˇāˇāˇāļ¯? āļ¸āļāˇ āļ´āˇāˇāļŊāˇ āļ¯āˇāˇāļ´āˇāļŊāļą āļāļāˇāˇāˇāˇāļēāļāˇ āļāˇāļļāˇāļąāˇāˇ. 1965 āļāˇāļŊāļēāˇāļ¯āˇ āļ¸āˇāļāˇ āļ¸āˇāļāˇ āļ´āˇāļēāˇāļĢāļąāˇ āļŊāļāˇāļāļŊ āļ´āˇâāļģāļ¯āˇāˇāļēāˇ āļ¸āļąāˇāļāˇâāļģāˇāˇāļģāļēāˇāļāˇ āļŊāˇāˇ āļāļ§āļēāˇāļāˇ āļāļģ āļāļ. 1977 āˇāˇāļ§ 1994 āļ¯āļāˇāˇāˇ āļ¸āˇāļāˇ āļ´āˇāļēāˇāļĢāļąāˇ āļ´āˇāļģāˇāļŊāˇāļ¸āˇāļąāˇāļāˇ āļ¸āļąāˇāļāˇâāļģāˇ āˇāˇāļēāˇāļąāˇ āˇāˇāļŠ āļāļ§āļēāˇāļāˇ āļāļģ āļāļ. āļ¸āļ¸ āˇāˇāˇāˇāˇ āˇāļąāˇāļąāˇ āļāˇāļāļ§ āļāˇāˇāˇāļāļģāˇāļ¸ āļāļ¸āˇāļāˇāˇāļģāļēāˇāļāˇ āļ´āˇāļāˇāˇāˇ āˇāļāļĸāˇāˇ āļāˇāˇāļģāļāˇāļą āˇāļ¸āļāļēāˇ. āļāˇāˇāļ¯ āļ´āˇ āˇāļāˇ āˇāļˇāˇ āļ¸āļąāˇāļāˇâāļģāˇāˇāļģāļēāˇāļāˇ āˇāˇ…
1. āļ¯āˇāˇāļ´āˇāļŊāļąāļēāļ§ āļ āˇāļāˇāļģāļĢāļē āˇāˇāļ¸āļ§ āļāļļāļāˇāļ¸āˇāļē āļāˇāļģāļĢāļē āļāˇ āˇ āļāˇāļ¸āļą āˇāˇāļāˇāļąāˇ āļąāˇāˇāˇāļ¯? āļāļāˇāļāļ§āļ¸ āˇāˇāļ¯āˇâāļēāˇāļģāļēāˇāļāˇ āļŊāˇāˇ āļāļ§āļēāˇāļāˇ āļāļģāļą āļ āļāļģāļāˇāļģ āļ¯āˇāˇāļ´āˇāļŊāļąāˇāļāˇ āļģāļ§āˇ āļāļāˇāˇāˇāļĢāˇ āˇāˇāļāˇāˇāļģāļĢāļē āļąāˇāˇāˇ, āˇāˇāļāˇāļāˇāļāļēāˇāļāˇ āļŊāˇāˇ āļ¯āˇāˇāļ´āˇāļŊāļąāˇāļ āļāˇāļ§āˇ āˇ āļ´āˇāˇ āˇāļļāļŗāˇ āļāļāˇ āļāˇāļģāˇāļ¸āļ§ āļ¸āļ¸āļāˇ āļāˇāļāˇ āˇāˇāļāˇāļāˇāļāļēāļąāˇ āļģāˇāˇāˇāļāļēāˇāļāˇāļāˇ āļ āˇāˇāļąāˇāˇāˇāļąāˇ āļāļ¯āˇāļģāˇāļ´āļāˇ āˇāˇāļąāˇ. āļāļ¯āˇāļąāˇāļ¯āˇ āļģāļ§āˇ āļāˇāļļāˇāļĢāˇ āļļāˇāˇāˇ āļ´āˇâāļģāˇāˇāļą āļāļ¯āˇāˇāļģāļĢāļēāļāˇ āļŊāˇāˇ āˇāˇāļŠāļģāļŊāˇ āˇāˇâāļēāˇāˇāˇāļŽāˇāˇ āļāˇāļą āļāļ¸ āˇāˇāļŊāˇāļāˇāˇāˇāļ¸, MCC āļāˇāˇāˇāˇāˇāļ¸ āļāˇāļą āļāļ¸ āˇāˇāļŊāˇāļāˇāˇāˇāļ¸, āļĸāļąāˇāˇāļģāˇāļāˇāļ āļāˇāļ§āˇ āˇ…
Hon. Sudarshini Fernandopulle as the Chairperson of the Select Committee on Women met with key officials from a number of key sectoral ministries last Friday (16th July) to discuss the progress on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) approaches in the respective ministries and departments. The Deputy Secretary General of the Parliament moderated the meeting as the…
The Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus has recommended that all electoral laws in Sri Lanka should be consolidated into one electoral code and should be proposed to the Parliamentary Select Committee on electoral law reforms to make necessary amendments in this regard. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus chaired by…
The Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus proposed that the National Budget should focus on the impact upon both genders within the Sri Lankan community given the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and also give attention towards the groups that have been severely affected by the situation. Accordingly, it was decided to draw attention towards several proposals that will focus…
A special policy dialogue on the challenges faced by the differently abled community and the strengthening of their rights within a legal framework was held online on the 28th by the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus chaired by Hon. State Minister Dr. Sudarshani Fernandopulle. Hon State Minister Tharaka Balasuriya, Hon. Members of Parliament (Dr) Harini Amarasuriya, Manjula…