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  2. Gender inequality in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan garment workers. Gender inequality in Sri Lanka is centered on the inequalities that arise between men and women in Sri Lanka.Specifically, these inequalities affect many aspects of women's lives, starting with sex-selective abortions and male preferences, then education and schooling in childhood, which influence job opportunities, property rights, access to health and political ...

  3. Women in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]

  4. Case of Wijikala Nanthan and Sivamani Sinnathamby Weerakon

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    Wijikala Nanthan and Sivamani Sinnathamby Weerakon were aged 24 and 22 years when they arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in Mannar and accused of being members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Wijikala who was pregnant, her husband, Sivamani Sinnathamby Weerakon and her child were arrested at 11.00 PM and allegedly tortured in custody.

  5. Kumari Jayawardena - Wikipedia

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    Kumari Jayawardena (Sinhala: කුමාරි ජයවර්ධන; born 1931) is a Sri Lankan feminist activist and academic. Her work is part of the canon of Third-world feminism which conceptualizes feminist philosophies as indigenous and unique to non-Western societies and nations rather than offshoots of Western feminism.

  6. History of sexual minorities in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The traditional legal codes of Lanka did not criminalise, or actively discriminate against, sexual minorities. [1] It is believed that gender stereotypes were less important and more blurred during this era., with sexuality being more expressive (sexual sculptures similar to those found at Hindu temples in India can be found on temples in Sri Lanka).

  7. Prostitution in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka is primarily a source, destination, and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Some Sri Lankan women are subjected to forced prostitution in Cyprus, Maldives, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and elsewhere. Within the country, women and children are subjected to sex trafficking in ...

  8. Gender roles in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Generally speaking, women in Sri Lanka are responsible for cooking, raising children, and taking care of housework. [2] In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of weeding and help with the harvest. [2] Among poor families, women also perform full-time work for upper class individuals. [2]

  9. Sex education - Wikipedia

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    Example of a pedagogical tool: a booklet intended to explain contraception during sexual education sessions (District Museum Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria). Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, and birth control, sexual ...