| Contents |
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| Introduction
ix |
|
| 1.
Gender Inequality in Developing Countries:A Reiteration
of some Leading Issues - Vidyamali Samarasinghe |
1 |
| 2.
Women in Pre-Modern Sri Lanka - Sirima Kiribamune |
15 |
| 3.
Women in Sri Lanka: Tradition and Change - Tilaka Metthananda |
41 |
| 4.
Women in Parliamentary Politics in Sri Lanka - I M Kamalawathie |
72 |
| 5.
Education of Girls and Women in the Context of an Economically
Developing Society - Swarna Jayaweera |
96 |
| 6.
Women, the Law and Social Justice: A Case Study of Sri
Lanka with regard to Employment and Criminal Law - Radhika
Coomaraswamy |
119 |
| 7.
Status of Women in the Family Law of Sri Lanka - Savitri
Goonesekera |
153 |
8.
Coping with the Unknown: Sri Lankan Domestic Aides in
West Asia
- Lakshmie K Cumaranatunga |
182 |
9.
Women’s Perceptions of their Dual Roles:A Case Study
of School Teachers
- Marjorie Peries |
202 |
| 10.
Marriage, Motherhood and Employment - Malsiri Dias |
216 |
| 11.
The Impact of a Career on the Marital and Family Relationships
of a Woman: A Third World Perspective - Jezima Ismail |
228 |
| Index
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241 |
Women
at the Crossroads: A Sri Lankan Perspective