Minister of Women and Child Affairs, Saroja Savithri Paulraj, has instructed Ministry officials and the National Women’s Committee to provide full support to the National Commission on Women to ensure the establishment of necessary infrastructure and other arrangements for the Commission to commence its operations.

The directive was issued during a discussion with the newly appointed Chairperson and key members of the National Commission on Women held at the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs yesterday (23). 

The discussion was attended by the Minister of Women and Child Affairs, Saroja Savithri Paulraj; the Deputy Minister, Namal Sudarshana; the newly appointed Chairperson of the National Commission on Women, Ramani Jayasundara; Commission Members, Senior Lecturer at the Open University of Sri LankaJanaha Selvaras; Consultant Neurologist Dr. Padma Shriyani Gunaratne; the Secretary to the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, Tharangani Wickramasinghe; and other senior officials of the Ministry.

The National Commission on Women, established under the Women’s Empowerment Act No. 37 of 2024, is an independent institution. 

This independent Commission, established to safeguard and promote the rights and protection of Sri Lankan women, is expected to commence its official operations in the near future. (Newswire)

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Applications have been called for the appointment of members to the National Commission on Women, the Parliament of Sri Lanka announced today.

Under the provisions of the Women Empowerment Act No. 37 of 2024, the Constitutional Council has called for applications from among the persons having distinguished themselves in public life with proven knowledge, experience and eminence in several fields to be recommended for the appointment as members of the National Commission on Women.

According to a Parliament statement, the applications of the individual applicants should be prepared in accordance with the information form ‘A’ and the nominations should be prepared in accordance with the information form ‘B’ which are available on the Parliamentary website www.parliament.lk with a quick link named ‘Appointment of members of the National Commission on Women’.

The duly completed applications/nominations should be sent to; the Secretary-General to the Constitutional Council, Constitutional Council – Office, Parliament of Sri Lanka, Sri Jayewardenapura Kotte on or before 20th January 2025 by registered post or by e-mail to constitutionalcouncil@parliament.lk.

If nominations are sent, forms should be completed personally by the nominee, and forwarded to the Constitutional Council by the nominating authority.

Further information is available through the link below;

https://www.parliament.lk/files/ads/2024/cc/nc-women-ad-en.pdf  (Newswire)

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