Political empowerment of SL women in WEF Report misleading!
24-year rule by mother-daughter duo
According to the Gender Gap Report Sri Lanka ranks highest in the region for women’s political empowerment. This conclusion is a shock to those of us concerned with low representation of women in government with only 2% in local government, 4% in provincial councils and 6% in parliament. A closer look at the numbers shows what happened.
We are ranked no. 122 for women in parliament and no. 122 for women in ministerial position, but we are ranked No. 1 for years with a woman as head of state thanks to mother -daughter duo from the Bandaranayake dynasty.
In the final analysis we show up at a deceptive average rankng of 6 for having two women who as heads of state while in the average for representation at all levels of government is 2 women for every 100 men!!
With all due credit to the two women heads of state, empowerment of two Bandaranyakes does not in any way reflect the political empowerment of women in Sri Lanka.
