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Joint Statement by the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus (WPC) and the Parliamentary Caucus for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PCIPD)
As the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus (WPC) and the Parliamentary Caucus for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PCIPD), we strongly condemn the incident that took place on 5th April 2024 at the Sethsiripaya where a woman with disabilities was obstructed from utilising her transportation services to leave the premises and was informed that vehicle access…
Withdraw Amendments to Chapter 19 of the Penal Code – The Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus requests the Minister of Justice
The Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus has sent a letter to the Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reform Hon. Wijedasa Rajapaksa requesting that the bill gazetted on February 9, 2024 to amend Chapter 19 of the Penal Code be withdrawn immediately. According to the amendments made to the Penal Code in 1995, even if a…
Former Female Parliamentarians Felicitated in Parliament in line with the International Womenâs Day 2024
Unveils a special photo wall with photographs of all women MPs from 1931 to date. The official logo of the Women Parliamentarians Caucus launched. Former female Parliamentarians were felicitated during a special felicitation Programme organized by Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus, held today (07) in Parliament in line with the International Womenâs Day 2024. The event was…
Gender perspectives should be integrated into the budgetary process to promote gender equality and social inclusivity as womenâs participation in the formal labor force in Sri Lanka has traditionally been lower than that of men – WPC
It was stated at the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus that Gender perspectives should be integrated into the budgetary process to promote gender equality and social inclusivity as womenâs participation in the formal labor force in Sri Lanka has traditionally been lower than that of men. This was stated when the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus met recently (08)…
Response to the Newspaper Article titled: âSurvey reveals Girls raped at their own willâ
A newspaper article titled âSurvey reveals Girls raped at their own willâ published by Daily Mirror on Thursday, 21 December 2023 has drawn the attention of the Women Parliamentariansâ Caucus (WPC) of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka due to the blatant negligence displayed by the Newspaper, and everyone involved, in publishing this severely faulty…
The National Action Plan to Address Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is presented
 In 2023, to date the number of women who have been victims of various forms of abuse and violence exceeds twenty thousand. A special workshop was held in Colombo on 08.12.2023 to discuss the contents of the multi-sectoral National Action Plan to address Sexual and Gender Based Violence against Women (SGBV). This programme was held…