Daily Times
May 11, 2021
“It isn’t for women”. This is a line is all too familiar to many young women and girls, who are raised to believe that certain career paths just ‘aren’t suitable’ for them. They are taught at a tender age to colour their lives pink while basking in the fantasy of wedding days and magical recipes; all the while leaving behind dreams of embarking upon “tougher” and untrodden career paths, such as the police. This holds especially true in our region, where women are actively discouraged from pursuing a life of crime-fighting and upholding the law, as patriarchal attitudes dictate that we should let men be the country’s “saviours”. A prime example of such archaic workplace gender discrimination is currently unfolding in Sri Lanka.
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UNP extends support to D I G Bimshani Arachchi
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(MENAFN - Colombo Gazette) e United National Party (UNP) has extended its support to the first female Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police in Sri Lanka, Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, following objections raised over her promotion as the DIG Police Welfare.
Nearly 32 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP) have filed a Fundamental Rights petition against the promotion awarded to DIG Jasin Arachchi.
Commenting on the matter, former UNP Provincial Councilor, Shanthini Kongahage, extended her party s support to the Police officer who is currently facing opposition to her promotion.
Speaking to reporters in Kandy, Kongahage explained that under the UNP Government the 19th Amendment was introduced which enabled the National Police Commission to operate free of political influence.