Women's Day marked in North-East with demonstrations against sexual violence

 08 March 2016

Marking International Women's Day, women's organisations held a demonstrations in Jaffna and Batticaloa on Tuesday, demanding an end to sexual violence against women and children. The demonstration comes after a number of incidents of sexual violence against Tamil girls by Tamil men in the North-East.  Batticaloa Holding placards and black flags, demonstrators demanded an end to sexual violence against women and girls. The protest took place by the Mahatma Gandhi park in Batticaloa.