The Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to report to Parliament its recommendations to ensure gender equity and equality, with special emphasis on looking into gender-based discriminations and violations of women’s rights in Sri Lanka, said that a committee will be appointed to draft a national policy to ensure gender equality in Sri Lanka and to formulate an action plan to implement it. “Chairperson of this PSC, Primary Healthcare, Epidemics, and Covid-19 Disease Control State Minister Dr. Sudarshini Fernandopulle, stated that the participation of women in the field of employment and politics is at a minimum. Therefore, Dr. Fernandopulle said that it is necessary to formulate and implement this policy at the draft level. Furthermore, she explained that the views of all parties should be obtained and that all parties should be informed in writing for the purpose of formulating the national policy as soon as possible,” a parliamentary press release noted. Meanwhile, National People’s Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has urged that the policy and plan be formulated within modern concepts, outside of the initial traditional framework.

Source: The Nation September 23, 2021 18:45 UTC