⦿ President, Prime Minister, Speaker and other public representatives stand in unity with the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus for Global Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) ⦿ A wristband given to Parliamentarians with the message “Let’s Unite to end Gender Based Violence” as a sign of support. A number of activities were held in Parliament today (01)…
UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls: Women Parliamentarians Stand in Unity with the Global Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) With the current economic crisis, Sri Lanka is facing new vulnerabilities. Even prior to the crisis, women and the girl child did not enjoy complete freedom, opportunities and safety due to the grave…
President Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus to finalize the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Bill within the first six months of next year. The President stated the above while presiding the special meeting held at Parliament recently (15) to review the current progress and future activities of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus of…
The Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality with special emphasis on looking into gender based discriminations and violations of women’s rights in Sri Lanka held discussions regarding the progress of drafting the proposed Bill entitled “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment” followed by…
Today’s girl child is a woman tomorrow. Our future therefore is today. As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child on 11th October 2022, we, as Sri Lankans, amidst a severe economic crisis, must be cautious of the realities of the girl child in order to protect her rights.…
A letter was handed over to the Hon. Speaker by the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus requesting to increase representation of women in granting membership of the newly established National Council. This letter has been delivered to the Speaker of Parliament Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana by the Chairperson of the Women Parliamentarian’s Caucus, Member of Parliament Hon.…
Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus held discussions regarding the matters related to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution from a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) perspective recently (06) in Parliament. The discussion was held at a meeting of the Women Parliamentarian’s Caucus chaired by Hon. (Dr.) Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Member of Parliament. Whilst highlighting the Salient features…
Amendments proposed to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance Discussed at the Select Committee of Parliament to look into and report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality Amendments proposed to the Children and Young Persons Ordinance establishes that the age of a person who shall be a child will be raised…
The Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus which met in Parliament recently under the chairmanship of Hon. (Dr.) Sudarshani Fernandopulle, took into discussion the proposal presented to the Committee with the objective of ensuring the rights and protection of Sri Lankan women as well as gender quality. Accordingly, the proposals to the Bill includes the establishing of an…
Today on the 12th of August 2022, we commemorate the International Youth Day which recognizes the role of the youth in education, community development, environmental groups, volunteering for different social projects and in tackling global issues. This Day was first established by the UN General Assembly in 1999 through a resolution whereby it endorsed the…