Browsing Research Outputs by Subject "Female labour force participation"

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    • Harini Amarasuriya: Female Labor Force Participation 

      FactCheck;P0012
      FactCheck       (www.factcheck.lk, 10/22/2020)
      TRUE: ..according to the 2009 [sic, 2019] Annual Report from the Central Bank, the female labour force participation rate of Sri Lanka was 34.5%. It was 73% for men... We have one of the lowest female labour force participation ...

    • Improving Lankan Women’s Access to Economic Opportunities: The Business Case 

      Abeysinghe, Subhashini; Siyambalapitiya, Sumini (Colombo: Daily Mirror, 2023-03-30)
      As we in Sri Lanka explore the pathways out of the current crisis, it is imperative that we acknowledge the mammoth contributions that women make to the economy, hidden and unpaid, and seriously consider how to improve ...

    • State Funding for Maternity Leave in Sri Lanka - A No-brainer 

      Verité Insights;Vol. 8, No. 1
      Sumanthiran, Shiloh       (Colombo: Verité Research, 2020-09)
      Women in the 20-39 age cohort are uniquely and severely disadvantaged in the labour market in Sri Lanka. This disadvantage is linked to the current policy of placing the full cost of maternity leave benefits (MLBs) on ...