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Women’s representation and implications for fairness, trust, and performance in local government: a survey experiment in Sri Lanka - Sage Journal
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Report / White Paper
Women’s representation and implications for fairness, trust, and performance in local government: a survey experiment in Sri Lanka
Sage Journals
How do quotas for women in Sri Lanka’s local government institutions affect key governance indicators such as perceived fairness, institutional trust, and perceived performance? These dimensions of governance are underexplored in the context of...
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Women MP’s of Sri Lanka parliament call for action to prevent verbal harassment from male colleagues (Photo by Joakim Honkasalo on Unsplash)
Monday, November 29, 2021
Women MP’s of Sri Lanka parliament call for action to prevent verbal harassment from male colleagues
ColomboPage News
Chairperson of the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus (WPC) in Sri Lanka parliament, Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, State Minister of Primary Health Care, Epidemics and COVID Disease Control has written to the Speaker of Parliament to take steps to...
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Monday, July 27, 2020
What is holding back Sri Lankan Women from entering politics: Lihini Fernando decodes
Economy Next
Despite Sri Lankan women having progressed by breaking boundaries in many fields, their participation in the country’s politics has remained abysmal. United National Party municipal councillor from Moratuwa, Lihini Fernando, says that even though...
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Friday, September 06, 2019
Women and politics
Daily FT
For the first time in 20 years a woman candidate has been named to contest at the upcoming Presidential Election. Environmentalist Dr. Ajantha Perera being nominated is largely seen as a positive sign for increased women representation in Sri Lankan...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Women in Sri Lanka Unite to Demand an End to their Political Exclusion
Women from 17 different political parties in Sri Lanka united on March 8th to create a declaration printed in newspapers for the International Day of the Woman. The declaration called for the end of political exclusion of women, for an...
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Women’s Participation in Politics
The event seeks to broaden public discussion on the important subject of increasing women’s representation in politics and decision making. With the Parliamentary election coming up in a few weeks, South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), Sri Lanka...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Report / White Paper
Why Are Women More Vulnerable During Disasters? Violations of Women’s Human Rights in the Tsunami Aftermath
The report presents testimonies from women’s groups involved in the relief efforts which indicate that women are more vulnerable and at risk during natural disasters. The report demonstrates that in disastrous situations women tend to have less...
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Expert responses
Women’s Participation in Local Governments
This consolidated response analyzes current situation of women’s participation in local governments around the world and discusses the impact of women’s engagement in local politics.
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Report / White Paper
Women, Political Parties and Social Movements in South Asia
This paper describes relationships between women and political parties in South Asia, with case studies of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India. It also explores how political parties and social movements organize women and address women’s...
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