Sri Lanka Bid for Female Workers Raises Questions

Before more women enter booming, male-dominated sectors, what about harassment and violence? And who does the housework? “Unless men enter the kitchen, women cannot enter politics,” a leading activist told a recent U.N. forum.

Workers at Lanka Harness, a Sri Lankan exporter of vehicle safety devices.
Credit: Rohan Gunasekera

By Chandani Jayatilleke/ WeNews correspondent.-07/05/2015 

(WOMENSENEWS) –The nimble fingers that pluck the leaves to make Ceylon tea, the island’s best known brand and top agricultural export, belong to women. So do those that sew garments, the main industrial export, shipped to the likes of Victoria’s Secret.

Sri Lanka Bid for Female Workers Raises Questions by Thavam Ratna