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Women, class struggle and the crisis in Sri Lanka

From March 2022, Sri Lanka was convulsed by protests against collapsing living standards and state authoritarianism, leading in July to the resignation of right-wing nationalist president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Niyanthini Kadirgamar, a member of Sri Lanka’s Feminist Collective for Economic Justice, explains how the current crisis in her country intersects with women’s oppression and women’s – particularly working-class women’s – struggles.

Women, class struggle and the crisis in Sri Lanka

From March 2022, Sri Lanka was convulsed by protests against collapsing living standards and state authoritarianism, leading in July to the resignation of right-wing nationalist president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Niyanthini Kadirgamar, a member of Sri Lanka’s Feminist Collective for Economic Justice, explains how the current crisis in her country intersects with women’s oppression and women’s – particularly working-class women’s – struggles.

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