Lanka Women

Parliamentary Standing Committee to which the Womens Reservation Bill was referred in May last year, got its third extension till the end of the next session of the Indian Parliament.
Highlights of the Bill (http://www.prsindia.org/index.php?name=Sections&id=6#)
Women’s Reservation Bill or  The Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2008 seeks to reserve one-third of all seats for women [...]

June 2, 2009, Sri Lanka Institute of Local Governance Auditorium: At a meeting well-attended by 17 women political leaders and others and graced by Hon Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister and Chairman of the Select Committee of Parliament on Electoral Reforms and others, we were able to decide on the specifics of our demand for a quota for [...]

If you missed the Sammutthiya program aired from  10 pm to 11 pm on Mondays on Swarnavahini,you may get another chance.  Swarnavahini is  likely receive funds to continue the program for another six months starting in June.
The new program will continue to educate the public about necessity of a quota for women in the nomination [...]

Minister Maithripala Sirisena, Secretary General of the SLFP wants more women to contest in the upcoming UVA provincial council elections, according ot a report in the Lankadeepa today. This is good news.  The SLFP has shown the best record so far in terms of giving nominations to women in provincial elections. In the 2009 election [...]