Sri Lanka, March 9 -- It is important that women not only enter politics but also remain actively engaged and participate in democratic discussions to become meaningful partners in the decision-making process, the Executive Director of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Manas Makeen said.Politics

Speaking at an event for International Women's Day, he said his organisation has been actively engaged with women politicians in Sri Lanka at national, provincial and village level.

Discover more Sri Lanka manufacturing Newspapers Local news updates "The local council electoral reforms that were made law in 2017 introduced a 25 percent quota for women's participation in local government politics", he said. "It made a significant i...