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Sri Lanka
Country Gender Assessment
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Strategy and Program Assessments

Publication Date: March 2004
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This Country Gender Assessment has been updated. See Country Gender Assessment: Sri Lanka, December 2008


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Contents

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Chapter 1: Women in Sri Lanka

  1. Development Context
  2. Demographic Background
  3. Women’s Rights in Sri Lanka
  4. Criminal Law
  5. Land Rights
  6. Social Security
  7. Labor Legislation
  8. Migrant Workers
  9. Political Participation
  10. Health and Nutritional Status
  11. Education and Training
  12. Provision of General Education
  13. Participation, Retention and Performance in Education
  14. Tertiary Education
  15. Technical and Vocational Education
  16. Literacy
  17. Education and Socialization
  18. Information and Communications Technology
  19. Economic Activities
  20. Poverty
  21. Environment
  22. Gender-Based Violence
  23. Sociocultural Constraints
  24. Armed Conflict, Peace, and Reconciliation

Chapter 2: Policies and Programs

  1. National Policies and Programs
  2. National Education Policy
  3. Poverty Reduction Strategy
  4. Regaining Sri Lanka Policy
  5. Action Plan
  6. Gender Equity Committee
  7. Millenium Development Goals
  8. Gender Peace Committees
  9. National Employment Policy
  10. National Machinery for Women’s Affairs
  11. CEDAW
  12. Nongovernment Organizations
  13. Donor Agencies
Chapter 3: Critical Gender Issues
  1. Gender and Poverty
  2. Women in Peace and Reconstruction
Chapter 4: Gender Issues Relevant to ADB Operations
  1. Gender Issues in Sri Lanka’s Development Context
  2. ADBs Country Strategy and Program
  3. Gender Issues in ADBs Programs
  4. Agriculture and Rural Development
  5. Industry and Finance
  6. Education and Training
  7. Infrastructure Development
  8. Natural Resources
  9. Conflict-Affected Areas
  10. Gender Mainstreaming

Chapter 5: Recommendations for ADB Operations

Bibliography

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