ABDUCTION

•  Two nabbed for alleged abduction, Daily Mirror  March 10th  2012, p.A2  

ABORTION

• Abortion Law to be amended by Nipuni Wimalapala, Daily News  March 8th  2012, p.1
• Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say,  Sunday Island  March 4th  2012, p.8  
• Minister hails abortion law amendment, Daily Mirror  March 9th  2012, p.A3
• Abortion, legal if pregnancy causes danger to mother's life - AG,  Daily News  March 10th  2012, p.1

ARMED CONFLICT

• Report on deaths in North,  Daily Mirror  March 5th  2012, p.A4,  
• The primacy of a sense of community,  Daily News  March 7th  2012, p.6

CENSUS OF POPULATION  2011

•  Be counted: once and only once,  Daily News  March 10th  2012, p.7

CHILD ABUSE

• Child abuse on the rise,   The Island  March 6th  2012, p.3,  
• Child sex abuse figures high in North,  Daily News  March 6th  2012, p.3

CHILDREN

• Protection of female child will ensure protection of entire society,  Daily News  March 8th  2012, p.1
• Sri Lanka and UNICEF focus on urban children, Daily News  March 10th  2012, p.5

CHILDREN'S WELFARE

• CMC to set up its own children's welfare unit by Lal Gunesekera, The Island  March 9th  2012, p.3

COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS

• Jeena madam's case postponed for May 4,  Daily Mirror  March 6th  2012, p.A5
• Sex in the city: Police come down hard by Nadia Fazlulhaq, The Sunday Times  March 4th  2012, p.14

DRUG ABUSE

• Woman heroin peddler nabbed, The Island  March 5th  2012, p.6  

EDUCATION

• How policies affect gender equality in education, Daily Mirror  March 5th  2012, p.A9

EMPLOYMENT

• Sri Lanka's female workers and the challenge of 'Precarious Work',  The Island  March 8th  2012, Financial Review p.8

EMPLOYMENT –INFORMAL

•  Two wheelers for women,   Daily News  March 8th  2012, p.3

FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT

• Lankan migrant workers remit Rs.52 b in 12months by Ananda Kannangara, Sunday Observer  March 4th  2012, p.7
• Life under the reign of housemaids, Daily Mirror  March 5th  2012, p.A17
• Bogus job agent to the fraud bureau, The Island  March 9th  2012, p.7

HOMOSEXUALITY

•  Homosexuality rising among prisoners, Daily Mirror  March 6th  2012, p.A1

INFANTICIDE

•  Infant's body found buried, Daily Mirror  March 8th  2012, p.A6  

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

• Woman - the fountain of life by Indunil Thenuwara, Sunday Observer  March 4th  2012, p.17
• Do we need a special day to celebrate being women?, Daily News  March 7th  2012, p.6
• A Day reserved for women?, Daily Mirror  March 8th  2012, p.A9
• Lankan woman has left her mark in every field, Daily News  March 8th  2012, p.1
• Applaud rural women, recognise their contributions,  The Island  March 9th  2012, Financial Review p.4
• International Women's Day  - Does it really matter?, Daily Mirror  March 9th  2012, Business p.3
• What women can bring to the Asian century, Daily News  March 9th  2012, p.12
• Woman call for greater equality on rights day, Daily News  March 10th  2012, p.5
• Battling for half the sky, Daily News  March 10th  2012, p.7

LAND RIGHTS

• Let gender equality take root - protect women's Land Rights!,  Daily News  March 6th  2012, p.7  
• Single ownership violated equality guaranteed before the law, The Island  March 7th  2012, p.2
• State land for women also, Daily Mirror  March 6th  2012, p.A1

MARRIAGE

• 'Relationship' trends of 2011, The Island  March 5th  2012, Lesure and living p.1  

MEDIA

• An insightful recreation of kausilumina by Senarath Tennakoon, Daily News  March 7th  2012, p.14

MIGRANT WORKERS

•  Security for migrant workers in Saudi Arabia,  Daily Mirror  March 9th  2012, p.A2  

MURDER

•  Teenager's alleged murderer identified, Daily News  March 6th  2012, p.3

PORNOGRAPHY

• Teacher arrested for showing pornographic films to pupils by Norman Palihawadane, The Island  March 10th  2012, p.1

POVERTY

• WB says only 7 per cent extremely poor in Lanka, Daily Mirror  March 7th  2012, p.A2

POVERTY – INDIA

• To some working poor in India, home is parking lot, The Island  March 7th  2012, Financial Review p.7

RAPE

• Thirteen year old girl raped and killed, Daily Mirror  March 5th  2012, p.A3
• Father saw four year old daughter molested,  The Island  March 5th  2012, p.7
• Dancing teacher who allegedly molested six underage girls remanded, The Island  March 9th  2012, p.5
• New law on rape required : AG, Daily Mirror  March 9th  2012, p.A3
• Boy (14) molested by tuition master, The Island  March 10th  2012, p.6  

SEXUAL ABUSE

• Speak out ! There's nothing private in abuse of any form, The Sunday Times  March 4th  2012, Plus p.3
• Alleged sex pervert arrested by special police team by Cyril Wimalasurendre, The Island  March 7th  2012, p.3
• Deputy Principal arrested on sexual abuse charges,  Daily Mirror  March 10th  2012, p.A4  

UNEMPLOYMENT

• No employment for those under 18 years,  Daily Mirror  March 6th  2012, p.A4

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

• Escalating violence against women and girl children,  The Island  March 7th  2012, p.9
• Escalating violence against women in Sri Lanka - A governance issue? by Visakha Tillekeratne, The Island  March 8th  2012, p.7
• Stricter laws needed to combat women, child abuse - minister,  Daily News  March 9th  2012, p.3

WOMEN – MALDIVES

• The changing roles of women in the Maldives,  Daily Mirror  March 8th  2012, p.A21

WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

• Empowering women is smart economics,  The Island  March 6th  2012, p.5