POST COLONIAL CHALLENGES IN SRI LANKA2
The post-colonial Sri Lanka also faced challenges such as the cultural rivalry between
the religious people. The resistance to the colonial rule had initially indicated to the revival of
the lost cultures in the nation. The nation did have poverty stricken language groups, such as
the Muslims, Christians and Hindus. However according to Schonthal (2016), since they
were in minority and they were not visible enough, the Buddhists living in the Sinhalese coast
were at the low socio-economic as well as political end. This had resulted in the clash
between the Buddhist majority people and the other religious groups. This clash and conflict
between these groups also got fuelled due to several other reasons, which included political
and cultural ones.
It has been argued by Walton (2015), that even if there had been several conflicts
among the ethnic groups, the independent Sri Lanka saw the establishment of Free Trade
Zones, which aimed at economic empowerment. This attracted the women of Sri Lanka and
lot of single and young women ended up moving to Colombo which had been the capital of
Sri Lanka. The poor families and the women used to get employed in these factories which
acted as a boon to them but on the other hand the reality turned to be something else. They
were economically exploited under severe hazardous working conditions (Herath , 2015).
They also had to face sexual harassment. Even if this had been brought to focus, the argument
shifted to the women since they were questioned about their character. It was as if the women
were standing away from the traditional code of conduct of the women as they were expected
to behave. The challenges were not only faced by the young unmarried women. The ladies of
the house who worked for supporting the families and helped in improving the economy by
the foreign exchanges were also exploited by their families and the employers. This had been
the reason they wanted to move out of their homes and keep themselves busy.
The Sri Lankan women who participated in the civil war also faced violence. The
stigma attached to the war widows or the women warriors did not get eradicated even at the

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