Session
National Report
Para 83) The MWCASE in collaboration with the University of Peradeniya has conducted leadership courses in Sinhala and Tamil for the local women's societies and women's federation to encourage women’s participation in decision-making processes and in public life. Allocating a 25% quota for women candidates has been accomplished in the local government elections and as a result, representation of women in the local government bodies increased from 2% to 22% (less than 100 seats to 2200) at the elections held in 2017 at which 14,826 female candidates contested. Measures are being taken to encourage the representation of women in provincial and national levels as well.
State under Review
Issues
National Report
UN Compilation
UN Compilation
Para 14) … The [UN] country team also noted that Sri Lanka had developed a national action plan on women, peace and security …
Para 61) The United Nations country team regretted … the low representation of women in formal leadership to drive transformation, with women making up less than 6 per cent of the parliament; …
Para 64) The United Nations country team regretted that women’s political representation continued to be very low at national and provincial levels, with women’s representation in parliament dropping to 5.3 per cent in 2020, and it noted that this was due to patriarchal political systems and persisting discriminatory social norms.