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2. Mary Rutnam - Wikipedia

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   Mary Helen Rutnam (née Irwin; 2 June 1873 – 1962) [1] was a Canadian doctor, gynaecologist, suffragist, and pioneer of women's rights in Sri Lanka. [2] She became nationally recognised for her work in women's health and health education, birth control, prisoners' rights, and the temperance movement.

3. Hela Apparel Holdings - Wikipedia

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   Hela Apparel Holdings PLC branded as Hela Clothing is a holding company in Sri Lanka that is engaged in the apparel industry. The company supplies to a number of brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, and Michael Kors. Hela Apparel Holdings operates four design centres in Sri Lanka, the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

4. Barefoot (retailer) - Wikipedia

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   Barefoot currently has five weaving centres in Sri Lanka, run by the weavers, using designs by Sansoni and the Barefoot design team. [ 4 ] The company's flagship store, on Galle Road in Colombo, which opened in the early 1970s, is housed in a collection of buildings, centred on an old 1920s town house.

5. Apparel industry of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   The United States is the main importer of textile goods from Sri Lanka, accounting for 76% of total exports from Sri Lanka. As of 2009, Sri Lanka ranked 12th among apparel exporters to the United States in terms of value. [15] Sri Lanka's partnership was advanced in 2000 in part by setting up logistics centres at key US ports to smooth the ...

6. 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 ]

7. Kurta - Wikipedia

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   The kali kurta is worn by men [34] and women. The straight-cut traditional kurta is known as a panjabi in Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam. [35] [36] Local embroidery designs give a regional outlook to the traditional kurta. In Assam, the Panjabi [37] is worn with a scarf (Gamosa) using local prints.