A Strong Helping Hand For School Leavers

Even-though Sri Lanka has maintained a high level of educational achievements due to the policy of free and equal access to education, considerable percentage of children resulting in drop-outs without completing the secondary education for various reasons.

This creates ill-suited persons, who lack general vocational skills, which would help them to innovate, experiment, adapt or show entrepreneurial abilities.

HE the President has emphasized on this issue and adviced to get appropriate steps to develop these children with required vocational skills, knowledge, guidance and counseling.

As per the Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affair has recently joined hands with Ministry of Labour and Labour Relations, Ministry of Technology and Research, Vocational Training Authority and National Youth Services Council to launch a special programme on vocational counseling for school drop-outs.

This programme will be implemented with collaboration of government, private and non-governmental organizations to open new gates of a brightful future for Sri Lankan children. 

Commentary On The Provisions Of The Prevention Of Domestic Violence act, No.34 of 2005, Sri Lanka

Taking into account the issue of domestic violence in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, and women’s organizations worked together to enable legislation to address domestic violence. The main purpose of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act is to provide legal remedies to victims who suffer violence in their homes.  The Act provides a civil remedy where victims can obtain a Court Order to be protected from abuse and violence at home.  The Ministry of Child Development and Women’s Affairs has developed a Plan of Action Supporting the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act. However, more work has to be done to create awareness and sensitization on the Act among law enforcement officers.

There are numerous instances where women have complained about the inability or difficulty that they face when making a Police entry on domestic violence, as domestic violence is considered as a private matter that needs to be resolved within the family. In this context, it was of paramount importance to prepare a manual to educate the law enforcement officers.

This manual is written by Ms. Dhara Wijayatilaka; Secretary to the Ministry of Research and Technology on “Commentary on the Provisions of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act No 35 of 2005”. It is a user-friendly manual to provide knowledge and resources to the law enforcement sector.   This manual will be an exceptional guide to Judges and Police Officers to implement the provisions of the Act in an effective manner. Ms. Wijayatilaka has touched on all aspects of the law in detail and in a reader-friendly manner so as to enable even a layman to understand the implications of the Act and follow its provisions accordingly.

Download Domestic Violence Act

Sri Lanka Law Directory on Protection of Woman and Girl Children

This directory includes all relevant laws in Sri Lanka in simple form relating to violence against women and girl children. This publication can be of use to Law enforcement officers in the country as their dedication and hard work plays an important role in ending violence against women and girl children.

This book was written by Dr.Charika  Marasinghe an expert on human rights law and child rights law. The objective was to recapitulate all relevant laws relating to women and children into one place so the users will find it easier to refer to this book when information was needed.

Sri Lanka  law Directory  on  Violance  Against  Women and Girl Children