Comments on: Sri Lanka is Closing the Gender Gap http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/ Stories and Photos of travels and travails and of the "Other" Sri Lanka Tue, 29 Dec 2009 08:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Suki H http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-347 Suki H Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:18:10 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-347 The Sri Lankan version of the Webby Awards! I was so inspired reading these. Wish I could have been there. Some of these inventors/ creative thinkers should be invited to speak at TED.com The Sri Lankan version of the Webby Awards! I was so inspired reading these. Wish I could have been there. Some of these inventors/ creative thinkers should be invited to speak at TED.com

]]> By: Jaffna http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-173 Jaffna Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:23:27 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-173 Sam The situation you allude to is actually common to several countries - not just Sri Lanka. In Africa, it is the women who dominate the market towns and trade. In agricultural societies throughout the world, it is the men who plough the fields and sow the seed. The barefoot women then do the back breaking work to transplant the paddy - in soggy water logged fields. The women then remove the weeds, harvest the grain and winnow it. The men take the final produce to market and get the cash. This is what patriachy is all about - men benefit. Its not fair but exists in many places - not just Sri Lanka where women account for the foreign exchange earned be it garment exports, tea exports or remittances from the gulf. At least our women are educated unlike say in Pakistan or Afghanistan.... Best regards Sam

The situation you allude to is actually common to several countries – not just Sri Lanka.

In Africa, it is the women who dominate the market towns and trade.

In agricultural societies throughout the world, it is the men who plough the fields and sow the seed. The barefoot women then do the back breaking work to transplant the paddy – in soggy water logged fields. The women then remove the weeds, harvest the grain and winnow it.

The men take the final produce to market and get the cash.

This is what patriachy is all about – men benefit. Its not fair but exists in many places – not just Sri Lanka where women account for the foreign exchange earned be it garment exports, tea exports or remittances from the gulf.

At least our women are educated unlike say in Pakistan or Afghanistan….

Best regards

]]> By: pissu perer http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-172 pissu perer Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:54:22 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-172 i heard about this too and it's heartening. glad sam said what he did. for a long time now, we have been a country who pretty much lived on the hard work of women - women make up the majority in the 3 main foreign exchange generators - and on charity. but statistics can paint either a nice or an ugly picture depending on the context. these are a few of the not so nice stats. http://paan-waati.blogspot.com/2008/10/eeeek.html i heard about this too and it’s heartening. glad sam said what he did. for a long time now, we have been a country who pretty much lived on the hard work of women – women make up the majority in the 3 main foreign exchange generators – and on charity. but statistics can paint either a nice or an ugly picture depending on the context. these are a few of the not so nice stats.
http://paan-waati.blogspot.com/2008/10/eeeek.html

]]> By: Sam http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-170 Sam Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:19:11 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-170 We can reach the level of Philippines quite soon I think, with somewhat sadness and shame. We men in Sri Lanka already send quite large number of woman to work abroad, if not work in factories or tea estate, while we lazy Sri Lankan men spend our day doing relatively very little. Women are the breadwinner of most of the Sri Lankan low income families already. So I’m quite happy to see our woman enroll in higher education more than men. We can reach the level of Philippines quite soon I think, with somewhat sadness and shame. We men in Sri Lanka already send quite large number of woman to work abroad, if not work in factories or tea estate, while we lazy Sri Lankan men spend our day doing relatively very little. Women are the breadwinner of most of the Sri Lankan low income families already. So I’m quite happy to see our woman enroll in higher education more than men.

]]> By: Delores Boyer http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-169 Delores Boyer Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:54:47 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-169 Chuli, I so appreciate your taking time to talk/listen to people and in this case sharing the good news of Sri Lanka's ranking in the Gender Gap. A great photo! Chuli, I so appreciate your taking time to talk/listen to people and in this case sharing the good news of Sri Lanka’s ranking in the Gender Gap. A great photo!

]]> By: ND http://chulie.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/sri-lanka-is-closing-the-gender-gap/#comment-168 ND Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:48:38 +0000 http://chulie.wordpress.com/?p=307#comment-168 Nice photograph. Nice photograph.

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