ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s ladies parliamentarians just lately met Professor Rizwana Begum, Member of Parliament of Singapore, to debate violence towards ladies and Singapore’s expertise on this space.
Chairman of the Caucus, Dr. Sudarshanee Fernandopulle, and Professor Begum, the Singapore consultant of the Asian Girls Parliamentarians Discussion board, mentioned initiatives, packages and insurance policies geared toward empowering ladies and stopping violence towards ladies.
Professor Begum identified that modifications in laws, together with more durable sentences, private safety orders, fast-track orders, exclusion orders and counseling orders are wanted to eradicate violence towards ladies.
She emphasised that motion is required by each the private and non-private sectors to forestall violence towards ladies.
Final month, a Sri Lankan minister of state was assaulted on the premises of parliament after a verbal altercation with two male Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) parliamentarians, who egged and egged her on whereas filming her response.
Dr. Fernandopulle thanked Prof. Begum for sharing Singapore’s insights on empowering ladies in Sri Lanka, stopping gender-based violence, closing the gender-based wage hole and supporting unpaid ladies employees.
Singaporean lawyer Wimala Chandrarajan, Dr Ramani Jayasundara, a technical professional who drafted Sri Lanka’s Nationwide Girls’s Coverage, and a bunch of representatives from the Nationwide Democratic Institute (NDI) additionally attended the assembly. (Colombo/November 8, 2023)
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