 Three Sri Lanka women work at garment factory | |
| General Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) | 36 (2017)[1] |
| Women in parliament | 5% (2021)[2] |
| Women over 25 with secondary education | 99% (2010)[3] |
| Women in labour force | 34.1% (2014)[4] |
| Gender Inequality Index[5] | |
| Value | 0.383 (2021) |
| Rank | 90th out of 162 |
| Global Gender Gap Index[6] | |
| Value | 0.670 (2022) |
| Rank | 110th out of 146 |
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Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka.[7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture, although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931.[8] Although Sri Lanka has been tremendously successful in achieving greater gender parity, women still suffer a lower status compared with men.[9]
In 2017, Sri Lanka was raked the world's 11th safest country for women by the New World Wealthy research group.[10]
- ^ "Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Sri Lanka | Data". data.worldbank.org. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "ICPD Sri Lanka" (PDF). www.unfpa.org. United Nations Population Fund. July 2012. p. 4.
- ^ "Factors Affecting Women's" (PDF). www.ilo.org. International Labour Organization. 2016. p. 13.
- ^ Nations, United. "Gender Inequality Index".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2022" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Gender Statistics". www.statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics. 2012.
- ^ "BeyondWomensDay: The Long Road To Gender Equality | History of Ceylon Tea". www.historyofceylontea.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Women PM Caucus consider Bill for Gender Equality". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ Pash, Chris. "The 10 safest countries in the world for women". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-10-03.