A discussion was recently held (22) at the Parliament complex between the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus and the Association of Women with Disabilities (AKASA) regarding the rights, inclusion, and enabling the contribution of the community of persons with disabilities, including women with disabilities, to national development.
This meeting was held under the patronage of the Chair of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus, Hon. Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj, where a group of representatives including the Chairperson of the Association of Women with Disabilities, Ms. N.G. Kamalawathi, were present.
During the discussion, matters relating to the role of the Association of Women with Disabilities, as well as the issues, rights, and challenges currently faced by women with disabilities and the wider community of persons with disabilities, were presented to the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus.
A number of issues were discussed, including the lack of access to public places and the fact that some existing facilities are not in compliance with standards, transportation difficulties, and challenges such as the inability, in some instances, to even open a bank account through certain banks. Proposals for solutions to these challenges were also discussed.
The representatives, including the Chairperson of the Association of Women with Disabilities, emphasized the need to empower persons with disabilities through empathy rather than treating them with sympathy.
The Chair of the Caucus noted that the opportunity given to Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva to represent persons with disabilities in Parliament for the first time in history is a positive step. She further stated that the Caucus and the Government expect the proposals and support of the Association of Women with Disabilities in the work being carried out on behalf of women with disabilities and the wider community.
Subsequently, a discussion was also held with representatives including Mr. Sanje Vignaraja, Country Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). Preliminary matters relating to the programmes planned to be implemented by the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus in 2026 with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy were discussed.
A group of Member Parliamentarians representing the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus also participated in this meeting.
A discussion held between the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus and the Association of Women with Disabilities on enabling the community of persons with disabilities to contribute to national development
A discussion was recently held (22) at the Parliament complex between the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus and the Association of Women with Disabilities (AKASA) regarding the rights, inclusion, and enabling the contribution of the community of persons with disabilities, including women with disabilities, to national development.
This meeting was held under the patronage of the Chair of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus, Hon. Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj, where a group of representatives including the Chairperson of the Association of Women with Disabilities, Ms. N.G. Kamalawathi, were present.
During the discussion, matters relating to the role of the Association of Women with Disabilities, as well as the issues, rights, and challenges currently faced by women with disabilities and the wider community of persons with disabilities, were presented to the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus.
A number of issues were discussed, including the lack of access to public places and the fact that some existing facilities are not in compliance with standards, transportation difficulties, and challenges such as the inability, in some instances, to even open a bank account through certain banks. Proposals for solutions to these challenges were also discussed.
The representatives, including the Chairperson of the Association of Women with Disabilities, emphasized the need to empower persons with disabilities through empathy rather than treating them with sympathy.
The Chair of the Caucus noted that the opportunity given to Hon. Sugath Wasantha de Silva to represent persons with disabilities in Parliament for the first time in history is a positive step. She further stated that the Caucus and the Government expect the proposals and support of the Association of Women with Disabilities in the work being carried out on behalf of women with disabilities and the wider community.
Subsequently, a discussion was also held with representatives including Mr. Sanje Vignaraja, Country Director of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD). Preliminary matters relating to the programmes planned to be implemented by the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus in 2026 with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy were discussed.
A group of Member Parliamentarians representing the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus also participated in this meeting.
ආබාධ සහිත ප්රජාව ජාතික සංවර්ධනයට දායක කර ගැනීම පිළිබඳව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය සහ ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමය අතර සාකච්ඡාවක්
ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන් ඇතුළු ප්රජාවේ අයිතිවාසිකම්, අන්තර්කරණය සහ ජාතික සංවර්ධනයට ඔවුන්ගේ දායකත්වය ලබාගැනීම පිළිබඳව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය සහ ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමය (ආකාස) අතර පසුගියදා (22) පාර්ලිමේන්තු සංකීර්ණයේදී සාකච්ඡාවක් පැවැත්විණි.
පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදයේ සභාපතිනිය වන ගරු අමාත්ය සරෝජා පොල්රාජ් මහත්මියගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් පැවති මෙම රැස්වීමට ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපතිනිය වන එන්.ජී කමලාවති මෙෙනවිය ඇතුළු නියෝජිත පිරිසකට ආරාධනා කර තිබිණි.
මෙහිදී ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමයේ කාර්ය භාරය මෙන්ම වර්තමානයේ ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන් ඇතුළු සමස්ත ආබාධ සහිත ප්රජාවට මුහුණදීමට සිදුවන ගැටලු, අයිතිවාසිකම් සහ අභියෝග පිළිබඳව මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය වෙත කරුණු ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම සිදුවිය.
පොදු ස්ථානවලට ප්රවේශ පහසුකම් නොමැතිවීම සහ ඉදිකර ඇති ඇතැම් ඒවා ප්රමිතියට අනුකූල නොවීම, ප්රවාහන ගැටලු, ඇතැම් බැංකු හරහා ගිණුමක් විවෘත කර ගැනීමට පවා නොහැකිවීම ඇතුළු අභියෝග සහ ඒවාට විසඳුම් ලබාදීමට අදාළ යෝජනා ඇතුළු කරුණු රැසක් පිළිබඳව මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා විය.
ආබාධ සහිත ප්රජාවට අනුකම්පාවෙන් සැලකීම වෙනුවට සහකම්පනයෙන් යුතුව ඔවුන්ව ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ අවශ්යතාව මෙහිදී ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමයේ සභාපතිනිය ඇතුළු නියෝජිතයෝ අවධාරණය කළහ.
ඉතිහාසයේ පළමු වරට ආබාධ සහිත තැනැත්තන් නියෝජනය කරමින් ගරු සුගත් වසන්ත ද සිල්වා මහතාට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නියෝජනයක් ලබාදීමට හැකිවීම සාධනීය පියවරක් බව සංසදයේ සභාපතිවරිය මෙහිදී සඳහන් කළාය. ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන් ඇතුළු සමස්ත ප්රජාව වෙනුවෙන් මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය සහ රජය විසින් සිදුකරනු ලබන වැඩපිළිවෙලට ආබාධ සහිත කාන්තාවන්ගේ සංගමයේ යෝජනා සහ සහය අපේක්ෂා කරන බවත් ඇය වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසුවාය.
අනතුරුව ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය සඳහා වන වෙස්මිනිස්ටර් පදනමේ (WFD) මෙරට ප්රධානී සංජය විග්නරාජා මහතා ඇතුළු නියෝජිතයන් සමග සාකච්ඡාවක් ද පැවැත්විණි. ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය සඳහා වන වෙස්මිනිස්ටර් පදනමේ අනුග්රහය සහිතව පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය 2026 වසරේ ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට නියමිත වැඩසටහන් පිළිබඳව මූලික කරුණු මෙහිදී සාකච්ඡා කෙරිණි.
පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරියන්ගේ සංසදය නියෝජනය කරමින් එහි සාමාජික මන්ත්රීවරියන් පිරිසක් මෙම රැස්වීමට සහභාගී වූහ.
இயலாமையுள்ள சமூகத்தை தேசிய அபிவிருத்தியில் பங்கெடுக்கச் செய்வது குறித்து பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியம் மற்றும் இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்கள் சங்கம் ஆகியவற்றுக்கிடையில் கலந்துரையாடல்.
இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்கள் உள்ளிட்ட சமூகத்தினரின் உரிமைகள், உள்ளடக்கிய தன்மை மற்றும் தேசிய அபிவிருத்திக்கான அவர்களின் பங்களிப்பு குறித்து பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியம் மற்றும் இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்களின் சங்கத்திற்கும் (AKASA) இடையில் கடந்த 22 ஆம் திகதி பாராளுமன்ற கட்டடத்தொகுதியில் கலந்துரையாடல் ஒன்று நடைபெற்றது.
பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியத்தின் தலைவர் கௌரவ அமைச்சர் சரோஜா போல்ராஜ் அவர்களின் தலைமையில் நடைபெற்ற இக்கூட்டத்தில் இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்களின் சங்கத்தின் தலைவர் செல்வி என்.ஜி. கமலாவதி உள்ளிட்ட பிரதிநிதிகள் குழுவினர் அழைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தனர்.
இங்கு இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்களின் சங்கத்தின் பணிகளும், தற்போது இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்கள் உள்ளிட்ட ஒட்டுமொத்த இயலாமையுள்ள சமூகத்தினரும் எதிர்நோக்கும் பிரச்சினைகள், உரிமைகள் மற்றும் சவால்கள் குறித்து பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியத்திற்கு விளக்கமளிக்கப்பட்டது.
பொது இடங்களுக்குச் செல்வதற்கான வசதிகள் இல்லாமை மற்றும் ஏற்கனவே அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள சில வசதிகள் தரமானதாக இல்லாமை, போக்குவரத்துப் பிரச்சினைகள், சில வங்கிகள் மூலம் கணக்கொன்றைத் தொடங்கக்கூட முடியாமை உள்ளிட்ட சவால்கள் மற்றும் அவற்றுக்கான தீர்வுகளை வழங்குவதற்கான ஆலோசனைகள் உள்ளிட்ட பல விடயங்கள் இங்கு கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டன.
இயலாமையுள்ள சமூகத்தினரை அனுதாபத்துடன் நோக்குவதை விடுத்து, அவர்களை வலுப்படுத்த வேண்டியதன் அவசியத்தை இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்களின் சங்கத்தின் தலைவர் உள்ளிட்ட பிரதிநிதிகள் இங்கு வலியுறுத்தினர்.
வரலாற்றில் முதன் முறையாக இயலாமையுள்ள நபர்களைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் வகையில் கௌரவ சுகத் வசந்த டி சில்வா அவர்களுக்குப் பாராளுமன்றத்தில் பிரதிநிதித்துவத்தைப் பெற்றுக்கொடுக்க முடிந்தமை ஒரு சாதகமான நடவடிக்கையாகும் என பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியத்தின் தலைவர் இங்கு குறிப்பிட்டார். இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்கள் உள்ளிட்ட ஒட்டுமொத்த சமூகத்தினருக்காக பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியம் மற்றும் அரசாங்கம் முன்னெடுக்கும் வேலைத்திட்டங்களுக்கு இயலாமையுள்ள பெண்களின் சங்கத்தின் ஆலோசனைகளையும் ஒத்துழைப்பையும் எதிர்பார்ப்பதாகவும் அவர் மேலும் தெரிவித்தார்.
அதனைத் தொடர்ந்து ஜனநாயகத்திற்கான வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் மன்றத்தின் (WFD) இலங்கைக்கான பணிப்பாளர் சஞ்சய விக்னராஜா உள்ளிட்ட பிரதிநிதிகளுடன் ஒரு கலந்துரையாடல் நடைபெற்றது. ஜனநாயகத்திற்கான வெஸ்ட்மின்ஸ்டர் மன்றத்தின் அனுசரணையுடன் பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியம் 2026 ஆம் ஆண்டில் செயற்படுத்தத் திட்டமிட்டுள்ள வேலைத்திட்டங்கள் குறித்த ஆரம்பகட்ட விடயங்கள் இங்கு கலந்துரையாடப்பட்டன.
பெண் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினர்களின் ஒன்றியத்தைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தி அதன் உறுப்பினர்கள் இக்கூட்டத்தில் கலந்துகொண்டனர்.
