• Fernando v Fernando 1968 70 NLR S34 (child custody)
(viii)Physical Violence in the Workplace and Maternity Leave and Benefits
Legislation
• Employment of Women Young Persons and Children Act (1956) amended (1973), (2003)
• (White Collar) S.18B Shop and Office Employers’ Act (1954) ( Maternity leave, Private Sector
amended (1985))
• (Blue Collar) S.3 Maternity Benefits Ordinance (1939) amended (1985)
• Factories Ordinance (1942) amended (1984)
Regulation
• Establishment Code, Pubic Sector amended (1998)
Literature
• S. Goonesekere. Facets of Change (1995) and Post Beijing Reflections (2000), Centre for Women’s
Research, cited earlier
(ix) Sexual Violence
Literature
Amendments to the Penal Code (1985), Sexual Violence and the Law
• S. Goonesekere and C. Guneratna cited earlier
• Study on Harmful Traditional Practices, CENWOR for ESCAP (2009)
• N. De Mel and Others, Broadening Gender: Why Masculinity Matters, Care Colombo (2013)
• Jayasundere R. Understanding Gendered Violence against Women in Sri Lanka, Women Defining
Peace (2009)
• Silva KT and Others, Ravaged Innocence:A study of Incest in Central Sri Lanka, CENWOR (2002)
• Tambiah Y Sexuality, and Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka. Sexuality Rights and Social
Justice 12 (23) 78
• S. Goonesekere and H. Amarasuriya, Emerging Concerns and Case Studies on Child Marriage in Sri
Lanka. UNICEF (2013) (also statutory rape)
• S.Goonesekere L Senanayake and H. de Silva, Report of the Sri Lanka Field Test on Human Rights
and Reproductive Health of Adoloscents, Ministry of Health and WHO Colombo (2012).
• K. Wijethileke Violence Against Women, Review of a Decade, in Facets of Change,
CENWOR 1995 P.290
Selected Cases:
• Nadaraja v Obeysekera 1971 76 NLR 268 (marital rape)
• Regina v Batcho 1955 57 NLR 100 (murder)
• Premalal v. Attorney General 2002 2 Sri LR 403
• KrishanthiKumaraswamy Case, (Rape and Murder by armed forces personnel) see Goonesekere
and Guneratna cited earlier p. 283
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