Sri Lanka, Feb. 16 -- The World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region, Hartwig Schafer concluded his three-day visit to Sri Lanka on Friday with a commitment to work with public and private sectors to create the space for women to access work and remain at work.
Evidence suggests that Sri Lankan women are excelling in higher education and outlive men, but they are not part of the workforce. This comes at great cost to economic growth, a press release said.
During the visit the Vice President met with the President of Sri Lanka, Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, Minister of Finance, Mangala Samaraweera, State Minister of Finance, Eran Wickremaratne, the Mayor of Colombo, Rosy Senanayake and the Governor of the...