Share
Women in Post-Independence Sri Lanka
First Edition
Edited by:
- Swarna Jayaweera - Centre for Women's Research, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Other Titles in:
Development Studies (General)
Development Studies (General)
January 2002 | 372 pages | SAGE India
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.
Noeleen Heyzer
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE: LOOKING BACK
Swarna Jayaweera
Fifty Years since Political Independence
Savitri Goonesekere
Constitutions, Governance and Laws
Radhika Coomaraswamy
Violence, Armed Conflict and the Community
Swarna Jayaweera
Women in Education and Employment
Daya Samarasinghe
Women's Health, Population and Quality of Life
Wimala de Silva
The Family: Continuity and Change
Kumari Jayawardena and Malathi de Alwis
The Contingent Politics of the Women's Movement in Sri Lanka after Independence
PART TWO: WOMEN SPEAK
Continuity and Change
Trapped in Poverty
The Trauma of Violence
Conclusion: Women's Experiences