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why celebrate a team with a player facing multiple rape allegations? their players also celebrated to a song criticized for glorifying rape and violence against women but ig the wc matters more

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Yesterday in Parliament we debated the budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Children and Social Empowerment. Rape and sexual violence against women and children was heavily discussed. Unfortunately, instead of proposing solutions, many of my fellow Parliamentarians only politicised the situation. Politicisation of rape does not address the conditions that lead to rape or deal with its terrible aftermath. The solution is to take definitive steps to solve it, which is why I am campaigning for: 1. Comprehensive Sexuality Education for children and young adults - that can empower them to take control and make informed decisions on their sexuality and relationships. 2. Decriminalisation of abortion - so that women are empowered to make decisions on their bodies. Reports from the Health Ministry show that about 650 unsafe abortions take place everyday. This means that our laws are putting the lives of 250,000 women at risk every year. 3. Increased Judicial Safety for women and children - so that our justice system doesn’t penalise the very people that need its protection. 4. Speedy resolution of cases pertaining to rape and sexual violence - The average child rape case can take 7-10 years to resolve, leaving the victims in limbo and without any justice. Sri Lanka’s statistics on sexual violence against women and children are alarming. - Every 2 hours a child is sexually molested. - Every 90 minutes, a woman is raped. - 62% of women killed were murdered by either an intimate partner, ex-partner or family member. A 2013 UN Survey on Male Sexual violence in SL showed that 15% of men interviewed admitted to having raped at least once, with the majority who admitted to rape saying they did so because they were entitled to. 20% of those respondents admitted to raping for fun or out of boredom. In this country, we have a history of safeguarding oppressors, and it is much the same with rape or sexual violence, where police tend to have more sympathy with the rapists than the victims. This is reflected in the chilling statistic that only 3% of those who admitted to rape in the above study were arrested. And, according to a 2021 University of Kelaniya study, only 5% of cases relating to women murdered between 2013-2017 have concluded. These figures should make us ashamed and alarmed. Which is why I am committed to support reforms to create a safer and more just country for our women and children.

Jeevan Thondaman

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