News stories by Hyshyama Hamin

  1. Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law is Vital for Economic Progress

    - Inter Press Service

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 03 (IPS) - Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global economic downturn.

  2. Raising the Alarm on the Slow Pace of Family Law Reform

    - Inter Press Service

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 22 (IPS) - The writer is Campaign Manager - Global Campaign for Equality in Family LawIn September 2021, in the midst of a pandemic-related lockdown, a 15-year-old Muslim girl from Colombo, Sri Lanka was married off by her relatives to a much older man.

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