This report comes to you at a time when questions around who can be family and whether adult citizens of this country have a say in formin
The existing structural nature of women's work (domestic as well as non-domestic) has severe built-in hazards for women (reproductive and otherwise) which no amount of first rate quality of care, total coverage and/or access to health services alone can deal with.
The health of the general population as well as specific groups (infants, women, etc) has for long been an important concern for development studies.
In many developing countries, women's activities, traditionally confined to the household, have changed over time.
This paper analyses, from the perspective of women's human rights, an unsuccessful attempt to amend the abortion law in the Penal Code of Sri Lanka in 1995.
In recent years, with the increased pace of urbanisation and modernisation, Indian women of all social classes have entered professional occupations.
The Kandyan Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 23 of 2013, passed by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, revises the legal framework governing marriages and divorces within the Kandyan community.
The Muslim Marriage and Divorce (Amendment) Act, No. 24 of 2013, enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, introduces reforms to the legal framework governing marriage and divorce within the Muslim community.
This study aims to understand the access to justice and the justice delivery system from the perspective of victims of marital violence especially in the context of r