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Tuesday Commentary by Prasad Gunewardene:
Women's Annual Encounter
Come March 8, Women's International Day, we are
bound to witness Women's Organisations coming out to scream for
gender equality and to make other demands. The day glitters for some
leaders of those organizations. A woman is physically, emotionally
or sexually abused by her male partner. This is rampant at homes
where the male partner is addicted to liquor or narcotics. As a
result of abuse on women, the child too suffers. The number of child
abuse cases has risen sharply over the years. What about child
conscription and child soldiers? They also add to the woes of
unfortunate women.
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The Sinhala life style Knox admired
If only we could adopt these same aspirations
today, how easy would it be to defeat the demands of our modern
Shylocks, the IMF and the World Bank. What is even more surprising
is that Knox, coming from a country which had just begun to multiply
its wants, found the Sinhala life style quite to his liking.
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Education being developed to meet global standards
Education reforms are an ongoing process which
needs to keep abreast with the latest developments to face new
challenges encountered by the younger generation. The Government has
allocated 17 per cent on education from the last budget which is
three per cent of Sri Lanka's GDP, says Education Minister Susil
Premjayantha in an exclusive interview with the Daily News.
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