Courtesy Sunday Observer - by Omar RAJARATNAMCelebrations across the country will be held to mark International Women’s day which falls on March 8 annually.
It is an undisputable fact that women have come a long way in almost every industry that operates in the world and they are making their presence felt in everything that they venture into. But the level of domestic violence which is still inflicted on women cannot go unnoticed at any height of the celebration.
Colombo may be regarded as a place where it is assumed all is going well, but we are culpable to turning a blind eye to a woman living on the streets being beaten by her drunken husband because we think she has chosen to tolerate him.
Nobody should tolerate violence against women under any circumstance as there is no excuse for such acts and any attempt to condone such gruesome behaviour should be considered as justification of such violence!
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