Women in post-independence Sri Lanka

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    • Jayaweera, Swarna

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Women in post-independence Sri Lanka

edited by Swarna Jayaweera

Sage Publications, 2002

  • pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references

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Description

This book explores the positive and negative consequences of national development policies and programmes in the lives of women in Sri Lanka. Overall, the book argues for an holistic framework to situate the political, social and economic changes that have shaped the country over more than five decades.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Noeleen Heyzer Preface PART ONE: LOOKING BACK Fifty Years since Political Independence - Swarna Jayaweera An Overview Constitutions, Governance and Laws - Savitri Goonesekere Violence, Armed Conflict and the Community - Radhika Coomaraswamy Women in Education and Employment - Swarna Jayaweera Women's Health, Population and Quality of Life - Daya Samarasinghe The Family: Continuity and Change - Wimala de Silva The Contingent Politics of the Women's Movement in Sri Lanka after Independence - Kumari Jayawardena and Malathi de Alwis PART TWO: WOMEN SPEAK Continuity and Change Trapped in Poverty The Trauma of Violence Conclusion: Women's Experiences

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