ABSTRACT
Sri Lanka has made significant progress in gender equality in the areas of education and health, and women dominate employment in the economic sectors that contribute the most to the country's foreign exchange earnings. However, women's labour force participation remains low and stagnant, and a gender earnings gap persists. Most women who are engaged in market work are employed in segregated enclaves or in precarious employment and earn less than men in the same sectors. Women's contribution to unpaid work which has been largely unrecognized has recently been accounted for and valued and is considerable.
