Back Dones a Sri Lanka Catalan سری لنکا وچ خواتین PNB இலங்கையில் பாலின பாத்திரங்கள் Tamil سری لنکا میں خواتین Urdu
 Sri Lankan woman and child | |
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| Value | 0.670 (2021) |
| Rank | 116th out of 156 |
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All ethnic groups in Sri Lanka have clear distinctions regarding the roles of the sexes.[2] Sri Lanka was the first nation in the world to elect a female head of government, Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Bandaranaike won the election in 1960 after S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, the preceding leader who was also her husband, was murdered by a spy.
While Sri Lanka relatively excels when it comes to gender equality indices, there are still many underlying issues pertaining to gender inequality in Sri Lanka.[3]
Generally speaking, women in Sri Lanka are responsible for cooking, raising children, and taking care of housework.[2] In families relying on agriculture, women are in charge of weeding and help with the harvest.[2] Among poor families, women also perform full-time work for upper class individuals.[2] Moreover, the man's role used to be seen as providing his family with material support by looking after his business.[2]
At the center of the hierarchy are children, who mix freely and receive a great deal of affection from both sexes.[2] Among the middle- and upper-income classes, education of children may last into their early twenties, and women may mix with males or even take on jobs that were in the past reserved for men.[2]
- ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Heitzman, James (1990). "Family". In Ross, Russell R.; Savada, Andrea Matles (eds.). Sri Lanka: a country study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. p. 88. OCLC 311429237.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Gender Inequality Index (GII) | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
