COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-The recent move by the newly reelected government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to merge the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs and the Ministry of Education has not gone down well with activists. 'Higher rates of crime against women and child abuse are being reported,' said social activist and lawyer Ishara M. […]

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