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Sri Lanka’s Problem With Women in Power
The first woman to be appointed as a deputy inspector general of police was removed from office just six months later.
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May 26, 2021
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It was a moment worthy of celebration for women in Sri Lanka when Bimshani Jasin Arachchi was appointed as Sri Lanka’s first female deputy inspector general of police (DIG) in October, 2020. This victory was short-lived, however. Six months later Jasin Arachchi was removed from her duties by a three-bench panel of the Supreme Court of Justice.
This decision follwed the filing of a fundamental rights petition by 33 male senior superintendents of police (SSPs), stating that the appointment of Bimshani Jasin Arachchi as the first woman DIG violated the standard procedures followed in the promotion of senior police officers. The petitioners claim that Jasin Arachchi’s appointment was irregular as the provisions that allow for the appointment of DIGs do not include
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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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