ABORTION

• Abortion rules should be relaxed to suit medical needs,  Sunday Observer  January 8th  2012, p.13

BREAST FEEDING

• Sri Lanka rated the best breast-feeding country,  Daily News  January 9th  2012, p.9

CHILD ABUSE

• Child abuse case, NCPA to get Interpol to arrest suspect?, Daily Mirror  January 13th  2012, p.A2 

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

• Students by day, sex workers by night,   The Island  January 9th  2012, Leisure & living p.1  

COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS

• The twilight woman was much too familiar with doctor, The Island  January 10th  2012, p.5  
• Arrested for running brothel,  The Island  January 14th  2012, p.5

EDUCATION -GENDER STUDIES

• University of Kelaniya set up Centre for Gender Studies, Daily Mirror  January 12th  2012, p.A20  

EMPOWERMENT

• Legal empowerment of the poor,  Daily News  January 13th  2012, p.11

FEMINISM

• Feminist movements and emancipation of women,  Daily News  January 12th  2012, p.17  

HARASSMENT

•  Massage ends up in alleged harassment,  Daily Mirror  January 9th  2012, p.A3  

HARMFUL TRADITIONS

• Growing up as a goddess, the extraordinary life of the 'living goddess' adored by thousands, Daily Mirror  January 12th  2012, p.A16  

INDECENT BEHAVIOUR

• Woman fined for indecent behaviour, Daily Mirror  January 12th  2012, p.A9

INFANTICIDE

• Mother arrested for burying  newborn alive, The Island  January 12th  2012, p.5  

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

• Registration certificates to 45 news websites,  Daily News  January 13th  2012, p.3

MIGRANT WORKERS

• 'please get our daughter released': Rizana's parents plea in Colombo High Court by Manopriya Gunasekara, The Sunday Times  January 8th  2012, p.6

POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS

• National Census from Feb 27 to March 21, Stand up and be counted, Sunday Observer  January 8th  2012, p.18

POST CONFLICT

• Are women in the North and East facing a security crisis?, Daily Mirror  January 10th  2012, p.A9

RAGGING

• Ragging rages on, The Sunday Times  January 8th  2012, p.14

RAPE

• Teenager molested, The Island  January 9th  2012, p.6  
• Arresting for molesting servant girl, The Island  January 13th  2012, p.6

SEXUAL ABUSE

•  Elderly man arrested for molesting boy (14), The Island  January 9th  2012, p.5

UNEMPLOYMENT - YOUTH

• Youth unemployment looms large, The Island  January 10th  2012, p.4

WOMEN IN NEWS

• Kamalini de Silva, Justice Ministry Secretary,   Daily News  January 13th  2012, p.3

WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

• Female representation must begin at the grass roots by Rosy Senanayake, Daily Mirror  January 11th  2012, p.A8

YOUTH PARKS

• Mini youth parks in Anuradhapura, Daily Mirror  January 9th  2012, p.A3