The man of the house is a woman
A staggering 50,000 women have become sole
breadwinners in the North:
Six years after the end of the war, Sri Lanka has
estimated the number of women-headed households in the island’s
North to be a staggering 50,000, while a recent study, borne out of
Jaffna, highlighted the great economic divide between the women of
the North and the South. Earlier estimates by community-based
organizations quoted the number of women-headed households in the
former conflict zone to be between 40,000- 60,000. A 2010 survey
conducted by the Jaffna-based Centre for Women and Development
claimed that the Northern region had approximately 40,000
female-headed households – including over 20,000 in the Jaffna
District alone. “Three factors have reduced the male-headed
households in number: the war, disappearances or being in military
custody,” said Saroja Sivachandran, the Centre’s director, soon
after the release of the study.
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