Every year, the month of October is recognized globally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also known as “Pink Month.” In support of this initiative, Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and Hon. Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne were symbolically presented with awareness badges and wristbands today (22) at the Parliament to promote awareness of breast cancer.…
October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It has been decided to hold a debate in Parliament and to have women MPs dress in pink in support of the program. Every year, October is considered as the Global Breast Cancer Awareness Month or “Pink Month” and in line with this, a special awareness session…
The key findings and recommendations of the research conducted by United Nation Women (UN Women) on gender equality in Sri Lanka were presented to the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus. This took place at the Parliament on the 26th September 2025, during a meeting of Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus chaired by the Hon. Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj. During…
Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus discussed Potential pathways for UK support to the Caucus with representatives of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) and also held discussions regarding intergenerational dialogue for encouraging young women’s political participation with the representatives of Law and Society Trust (LST). This meeting of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus was held on 12.09.2025 under…
Young political leaders from across South and Southeast Asia with their staff members and representatives from the Institute of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung met with the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus following their visit to Parliament. Young political leaders from across South and Southeast Asia engaged in constructive dialog with the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus held on 07.08.2025 Chaired…
Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that her expectation is not only to have women elected as political representatives but also the empower women in grassroots-level political activism. She pointed out that the election of twenty women from her party to the Tenth Parliament is the…
Ms. Azusa Kubota, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, engaged in discussions with the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus regarding the future activities of the Parliamentary Development Action Plan 2024/2027. A meeting to discuss the execution of the Action Plan of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus was held on 20th June 2025…
A special discussion was held between two representatives of KAS (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung) and representatives of the Women Parliamentarians Caucus on the activities of the Asian Women Parliamentarians Caucus and the program for young politicians to be held in Sri Lanka in August. The discussion was held in Parliament on 14.05.2025 under the patronage of…
Hon. Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister of Economic Development, (Dr.) Anil Jayantha, stated that steps have already been initiated to look into the ratification of the ILO Convention 190 on eliminating violence and harassment in the world of work for Sri Lanka. He made this statement while responding to the Motion at the Adjournment…
Hon. Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, stated that the Parliament stands for the struggle undertaken by women with disabilities, including visually impaired women, for their livelihood. Hon. Prime Minister expressed these views today (08) while attending the inaugural flag-pinning ceremony of the Women’s’ Visually impaired caucus of the Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped,…