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Women at the crossroads : a Sri Lankan perspective / edited by Sirima Kiribamune, Vidyamali Samarasinghe.

Title
Women at the crossroads : a Sri Lankan perspective / edited by Sirima Kiribamune, Vidyamali Samarasinghe.
Publication
New Delhi : International Centre for Ethnic Studies in association with NORAD and Vikas Pub. House, c1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Kiribamune, Sirima.
  • Samarasinghe, Vidyamali
  • International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
  • Norway. Direktoratet for utviklingshjelp
Description
xxi, 248 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
ICES Sri Lanka studies series ; 3 [i.e. 1]
Uniform Title
ICES Sri Lanka studies series ; 1
Subject
  • Women > Sri Lanka > History
  • Women's rights > Sri Lanka
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Gender inequality in developing countries : a reiteration of some leading issues / Vidyamali Samarasinghe -- Women in pre-modern Sri Lanka / Sirima Kiribamune -- Women in Sri Lanka : tradition and change / Tilaka Metthananda -- Women in parliamentary politics of Sri Lanka / I.M. Kamalawathie -- Education of girls and women in the context of an economically developing society / Swarna Jayaweera -- Women, the law and social justice : a case study of Sri Lanka with regard to employment and criminal law / Radhika Coomaraswamy -- Status of women in the family law of Sri Lanka / Savitri Goonesekera.
  • Coping with the unknown : Sri Lankan domestic aides in West Asia / Lakshmie K. Cumaranatunga -- Women's perceptions of their dual roles : a case study of school teachers / Marjorie Peries -- Marriage, motherhood and employment / Malsiri Dias -- The impact of a career on the marital and family relationships of a woman : a third world perspective / Jezima Ismail.
ISBN
0706945255 :
LCCN
^^^89906192^
OCLC
21245209
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library