This paper is part of a larger study by the Women and Media collective that attempts to understand the gendered nature of parliamentary speeches and debates and the manner in which women continue to be absent in parliamentary discourse. Further, there is no discourse in Sri Lanka that recognizes the necessity of quotas as a temporary measure by which to increase women’s participation. In the current parliament too women remain severely under represented. Since independence in 1948 there have been less than 5% of women in parliament at any given time. (Co authored with Kumudini Samuel) Background: Sri Lanka’s record with regards to the political participation of women remains abysmal even when compared with other South Asian countries. Extended Abstract WOMEN, MEN AND WAR TALK: GENDERED NATURE OF PARLIAMENTARY SPEECH ON THE WAR.
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