Gender

Celebrated actresses and artistes have the capability to succeed in politics and prove the naysayers and sexists wrong, writes Gitanjali Marcelline.

Colombo, May 24 (newsin.asia) - Violence against women and girls is a grave violation of human rights. Its impact ranges from immediate to long-term multiple physical, sexual and mental consequences for women and girls, including death. Someone's Daughter  is an initiative by the Rotaract Club of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in order to raise awareness and gain support for...

They had to battle tremendous social and institutional odds to get a medical education and practice.

Eight of the envoys are now women

India has been able to lift more than 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016

Society and the government are still too backward and ill-equipped to take up and solve the issue.

A man who gave birth to a baby boy caused a large crowd to gather outside Matara Hospital. The man sporting a beard had been from a village bordering Matara.

The university will cover the entire range of education from the school to the doctoral level.

Ms.Charles will be the first lady Governor of the Northern Province, though not the first Tamil to be so.

Bern, December 19 (www.eda.admin.ch): Switzerland is continuing high-level talks with Sri Lanka to resolve the current crisis. Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis phoned his Sri Lankan counterpart, Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, on 18 December 2019 to inform him that Switzerland was sending former ambassador Jörg Frieden to Sri Lanka. Under the leadership of this experienced diplomat, possibilities for clarifying the security...