“From the age of eight, I helped my father in his community welfare activities. I am from Moratuwa and I used to take extra lunch packets to school to share with classmates from poor families. Unfortunately, my education was disrupted after my father fell ill and I took over my father’s business. I could only study up to Ordinary Levels. I am married and we have a 17-year-old daughter.
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My name is Nagenthiran Tharsini. I reside in central camp area of Navithanveli in the Ampara District. I completed my primary education at Senaikkudiyiruppu Maha Vidyalayam and continued my higher studies in Kalmunai. I did not pursue higher studies after my Advanced Level. Subsequently I was involved in community-based voluntary work. My father was arrested by the military when I was a small child. I have not heard anything of him till now. My mother’s parents were a pillar of strength when my
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“After my Advanced Levels exam, in 1998, I joined the Sri Lanka Army. I was eighteen then and served for 15 years until I left in 2013. I was born into this country’s thirty-year war. My childhood and youth were shaped by experiences of war. I was born and raised in Kanthale in Trincomalee district. My education was disrupted by the then ongoing war. Sometimes we had to sleep in the jungle. I was often required to study at night in the dim light offered by an oil lamp. My family was very poor an
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The impact of the war on women, and the wounds and losses they faced due to the war are the reasons for me to enter into politics.
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“As a child and young woman, I was required to live within the boundaries that my father set for me. Then after I got married, my husband took over that role from my father and I couldn’t decide for myself as an individual with full freedom. It was only after I became an active politician that I was able to finally enjoy as an independent woman.
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I, Umachandraa Pragash, was born in a small village called Madduvil in the Jaffna District. I completed my primary education at the Madduvil Chandramouleesa Vidyalayam and my secondary education at the Chavakachcheri Ladies’ College. I was compelled to relocate to Colombo in 1996 due to the war that raged in the North. I later completed a Diploma course on media at the University of Colombo. Currently I am following ‘Law and Governance’ course at the University of Colombo. Between 2001 abd 2018,
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