Inquiry into the Rights of Women and Children: Economic development in Sri Lanka

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Human Rights Subcommittee, and The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Penny Wong (December 2022). In this submission, we, as a multi-disciplinary group of scholars based in Australia with in-depth expertise on the politics of development, human rights, work, employment, and livelihoods in Sri Lanka and internationally, draw together our research and contributions to policy. Drawing on our research on women’s and children’s insecurities, we focus on economic rights as conceived in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, an often-overlooked human rights aspect that shapes communities' everyday experiences.