HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 Welfare while the sub-committee on education policy further engaged in drafting the final report of the sub-committee with recommendations on the overall education policy in Sri Lanka. This Report is expected to address a range of issues which require intervention from new trends in education to a human rights and citizenship orientated national education policy. The Sub-Committee on the Rights of LGBTIQ Persons drew the attention of the Private Health Services Regulatory Council which is mandated to monitor and regulate private medical institutions to inquire into unauthorized medical clinics which advertise and offer medical treatments to “cure” LGBTIQ persons. The sub-committee also had discussions on including Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the school curriculum, challenges faced by those applying for gender certificates such as the requirement to undergo hormone therapy and surgical treatment which prevent those who are not able to/or do not wish to undergo such treatment from obtaining a gender certificate, and monitoring incidents of bullying of LGBTIQ persons in universities. Further, the Sub-Committee on gender reviewed the proposed amendment to the Local Authority (Election) Act and monitored the progress of the said Bill. It also discussed the draft Bill on decriminalizing of abortion. The Sub-Committee further decided that the Chairperson of HRCSL should write to the Secretary to the Ministry of Women’s Affairs regarding the Women’s Rights Bill and the establishment of the Women’s Commission. The Commission reviewed the Bill and offered its views on improvement to the National Committee on Women, functioning within the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. During 2018, the Sub-Committee on Migrant Workers' Rights conducted a survey of electronic media including social media through which the Commission could reach out to migrant workers. The Committee also made several important decisions such as that the HRCSL should visit the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) welfare center "Sahana Piyasa"; to submit a proposal to the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation to have a dedicated weekly or bi-weekly program through 64