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Women's Suffrage In Sri Lanka
Women in Sri Lanka have had suffrage since 1931. Agnes De Silva was secretary of the Ceylon Women's Franchise Union, which had been founded in 1927, and a prominent activist for women's suffrage. She led an organized delegation of women members of the Franchise Union to present their case at the 1928 Donoughmare Commission on Constitutional Reform which the British Government then in control of the island had constituted. They advocated for suffrage to be granted to women thirty years of age and older. The reforms she introduced later became a part of new constitution established in 1931. After the new constitution came into force the adult franchise was extended to women above the age of 21, regardless of their educational status. The subsection 12.(1) of the Sri Lankan constitution guarantees equality before the law and equal protection of the law to all citizens. Subsection 12.(2) further states that "no citizen shall be discriminated against on the grounds of race, religion, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women In Sri Lanka
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture, and they are allowed to vote in election since 1931. Although Sri Lanka has been tremendously successful in achieving greater gender parity, women still suffer a lower status compared with men. In 2017, Sri Lanka was raked the world's 11th safest country for women by the New World Wealthy research group. History Over two millennia ago, Sinhala women mostly of royal and noble rank enjoyed certain individual liberties and social opportunities approximating to that of equality with men. Sinhala women participated with men in many public matters, enjoyed an independent status as women, as mothers, and had an identity in private and public life, and the freedom to choose one's way of life. After the establishment of Buddhism, they mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffrage
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in representative democracy, public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to vote is called active suffrage, as distinct from passive suffrage, which is the right to stand for election. The combination of active and passive suffrage is sometimes called ''full suffrage''. In most democracies, eligible voters can vote in elections of representatives. Voting on issues by referendum may also be available. For example, in Switzerland, this is permitted at all levels of government. In the United States, some U.S. state, states such as California, Washington, and Wisconsin have exercised their shared sovereignty to offer citizens the opportunity to write, propose, and vote on referendums; other states and the United States federal government, federal government have not. Referendums in the United K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes De Silva
Agnes Marion de Silva ( Nell; 1885-1961) was a Sri Lankan women's activist from a progressive society who, during the 1930s, pioneered issues related to women and in particular adult suffrage or franchise for women in Sri Lanka. She was instrumental in establishing the Women’s Franchise Union of Sri Lanka. Biography Agnes Marion Nell was born in Colombo on 1885. She was the only daughter of Paul Nell of a Burgher Christian aristocratic family, who was an engineer in the Kandy province. She married George de Silva, a Sinhala Buddhist, a lawyer by profession who was known for his liberal approach in social and political issues and who furthered the cause of women's suffrage. He wooed Agnes in many parties of dance and music and married her in a grand celebration in 1908. They had two daughters Anil de Silva and Minnette de Silva and a son Fredrick de Silva. In promoting women's suffrage movement in the then British ruled Ceylon (now known, after independence, as Sri Lanka) de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Franchise Union
The Women's Franchise Union (WFU), was an organization for Women's suffrage in Sri Lanka, founded in 1927.{{Cite book , last=Rappaport , first=Helen , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpuSzowmIkgC&pg=PA803 , title=Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers , date=2001 , publisher=ABC-CLIO , isbn=978-1-57607-101-4 , pages=181, 803 , language=en It was the first organization to campaign in a systematic way for women's suffrage in Sri Lanka, as well as the main organization for the purpose. In 1909, the Ceylon Women's Union from 1904 first lifted the issue of women's suffrage, and in 1925, the Mallika Kulangana Samitiya first lifted a resolution at the sessions at the Ceylon National Congress in favor of the reform. In 1927 therefore, Women's Franchise Union was founded to campaign for the issue with Mary Rutnam and Agnes Nell among its founders. Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks' Agnes De Silva was secretary of the Ceylon Franchise Union. She led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donoughmore Commission
The Donoughmore Commission (DC) was responsible for the creation of the Donoughmore Constitution in effect between 1931–47 in Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka). In 1931 there were approximately 12% Ceylonese Tamils, 12% Indian Tamils (migrant and immigrant workers employed in the Tea plantations established in the late 19th century), 65% Sinhalese, and ~3% Ceylon Moors.J. Russell, ''Communal Politics Under the Donoughmore Constitution'', Tisara Prakasakayo, Colombo 1982 The British government had introduced a form of communal representation which a strong Tamil representation, out of proportion to the population of the Tamil community. The Sinhalese had been divided into up-country and low-country Sinhalese. Commissioners The commissioners were four British parliamentarians appointed by Sydney Webb, the first Labour Secretary of State for the Colonies on 13 November 1927. Their task was to draft a new constitution for Sri Lanka that would not only satisfy the aspirations of all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Government
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Women's Suffrage By Country
Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, so women and men from certain classes or Race (classification of human beings), races were still unable to vote. Some countries granted suffrage to both sexes at the same time. This timeline lists years when women's suffrage was enacted. Some countries are listed more than once, as the right was extended to more women according to age, land ownership, etc. In many cases, the first voting took place in a subsequent year. Some women in the Isle of Man (geographically part of the British Isles but not part of the United Kingdom) gained the right to vote in 1881. Women's suffrage in New Zealand, New Zealand was the first self-governing country in the world in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections; from 1893. However women could not stand for election to parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Women In Sri Lanka
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture, and they are allowed to vote in election since 1931. Although Sri Lanka has been tremendously successful in achieving greater gender parity, women still suffer a lower status compared with men. In 2017, Sri Lanka was raked the world's 11th safest country for women by the New World Wealthy research group. History Over two millennia ago, Sinhala women mostly of royal and noble rank enjoyed certain individual liberties and social opportunities approximating to that of equality with men. Sinhala women participated with men in many public matters, enjoyed an independent status as women, as mothers, and had an identity in private and public life, and the freedom to choose one's way of life. After the establishment of Buddhism, they mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political History Of Sri Lanka
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. It may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and nonviolent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but also often carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or limitedly, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external force, including wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
