Book Review: Women’s Movement in Sri Lanka – History, Trends and Trajectories

by Dr. Shermal Wijewardene

By: Selvy Thiruchandran 318pgs
Published by: Social Scientist’ Association
“Women’s Organizing in Sri Lanka and the Place of the Movement History”

By: Dr. Shermal Wijewardene

In the project to write a history of a country’s women’s movement, Dr. Selvy Thiruchandran’s book, Women’s Movement in Sri Lanka: History, Trends and Trajectories (2012) begins by asking whether or not the collective identity of ‘women’s movement’ has narrative viability.

Source: The Island

The Book: Women’s Movement in Sri Lanka – History, Trends and Trajectories