Abstract |
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1978 and the CEDAW1 are two of the most important key contributors to the promotion of women’s rights in Sri Lanka. However, the topic of women’s rights has not been given due recognition during the last few decades in the plantation sector which still continues to provide clear examples of continual violation of women rights and discrimination against women. Further, poverty, unremitting toil, domestic violence and all other forms of discrimination are the hard realities of life for most of the women in plantation areas. Plantation structure and its environs, lack of education, economic vulnerability, domestic violence, alcoholism rigid management practices of the estate management, and global market crisis are influencing violating civil, political, economic, socio- cultural rights of the plantation women. Although Sri Lanka has ratified co-treaties of UN, women in plantation areas are still been subjected to various women rights violations. |