Human trafficking slur on CWG
The jinxed Commonwealth Games could have done without this. After being troubled by brittle infrastructure, CWG 2010 has now been blamed for a jump in trafficking of women and children […]
Over 51% of flood-hit people are women: UNIFEM
ISLAMABAD: More than half of the 20 million flood-hit people are women, according to the United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem). “Women need to be included in development plans […]
Mosque Site to be Divided
The court in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India today ruled that the site of a demolished mosque in Ayodhya, would be divided between Hindus and Muslims, the Reuters news […]
Expenditure Increases
Source: Daily Mirror – 04.10.2010
Representation Of Women Abysmally Low In Political Decision-Making
By Roel Raymond The amendments to the Local Authorities Bill is likely to be presented in Parliament on October 6. The Cabinet, last month, on September 8, had agreed to […]
The 18th Amendment To The Constitution And Its Effect On Democratic Governance
By Tudor Munasinghe With acknowledgement to the published articles by Dr. B.S.Wijeweera President’s Power of Appointment In the 18th Amendment to the Constitution there are three categories of appointment listed […]
Countrywide “Free Fonseka” Protests Gather Momentum
By Yohan Perera and Susitha R. Fernando Large crowds including lawyers and opposition politicians protested at Hulftsdorp yesterday demanding that former Army Commander and the presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka be […]