30/09/16 – The Friday Forum: SOME PRIORITY CONCERNS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM – Daily News 28/09/16 – Muslim women intimidated in male dominated Qadhi courts in Sri Lanka – Dr. M. […]
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ARTICLE: Women Action Network seeks repeal of article 16 of Lankan constitution as it hurts Muslim women
Published on Ada Derena: August 23, 2016
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ARTICLE: Equality Before the Law — Not for Sri Lankan Muslim Women
Published: July 12, 2016, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian)
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STATEMENT: Child Marriages within the Muslim Community Needs to be addressed – Women Action Network
(Published by Sri Lanka Brief on 31/03/2016) Establishing the minimum age of marriage for all citizens is foremost a State responsibility.
Read moreInternational Commitments to address discriminatory family laws in Sri Lanka
Issue of discriminatory customary/family law in Sri Lanka raised by international committees and treaty bodies since 2010 1.Convention of All forms of Discrimination Against […]
Read moreVIDEO: Discussion on Muslim Personal Law
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ec7mUoIvnM] முஸ்லிம் பெண்களின் இளவயதுத் திருமணங்களால் அடுத்த சமூகங்களுக்கு முன்னால் தலைகுனிய வேண்டியுள்ளது. (வீடியோவும் இணைப்பு) -சட்டத்தரணி ஹஸனா ஷேகு இஸ்ஸதீன்- யாழ் பல்கலைக்கழக முன்னாள் பகுதிநேர விரிவுரையாளர், பெண்ணியல் சமூக செயற்பாட்டாளர். […]
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Child marriage around the world: SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka is a member of the South Asian Initiative to End Violence Against Children (SAIEVAC), which adopted a regional action plan to end child […]
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Women Bound to Muslim Law in Sri Lanka Seek Changes to End Discrimination
Published: Global Press Journal April 19, 2016
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English Articles
A list of articles written between 2003 and 2013 on MPL Reforms in Sri Lanka: ‘Sharia Law: Myths And Reality – A Sri Lankan Perspective’ […]
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