Citizenship Sri Lankan Fields Gender, Women's studies Name Maitree Wickremasinghe | Nationality Sri Lankan | |
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Alma mater Musaeus College, Colombo,
University of Colombo,
King's College London,
University of London Spouse Ranil Wickremesinghe (m. 1994) Residence Prime Minister's House, Kollupitiya, Sri Lanka Education University of London, King's College London, UCL Institute of Education, University of Colombo | ||
Institutions University of Kelaniya | ||
Maitree Wickremasinghe Speech At National Women Parliamentarian Conference | Amaravati | Mango News
Maithree Wickramasinghe (born 11 August 1954) is a Sri Lankan academic and Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya., she is the founder director of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Kelaniya and is a visiting professor on gender and women's studies at other educational institutions including the University of Colombo and University of Sussex. Maithree Wickramasinghe has delivered keynotes and addressed plenaries at academic and professional fora in the US, Spain, Kenya, India, Pakistan, South Korea and China. She has over 25 years of experience in formulating gender equity and equality polices/strategies, conducting gender sensitization trainings and evaluating women’s and gender programs for local and international organizations.
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- Maitree Wickremasinghe Speech At National Women Parliamentarian Conference Amaravati Mango News
- Family and education
- Publications
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Family and education
The only child of the late Senevi B. Wickremasinghe and Shiranee Wickremasinghe (née Bandaratilaka) of Nawala, Koswatte. She is an old girl of Musaeus College. She graduated from King's College London with a BA (Hons) degree in the English and went on to complete her MA degree in Women’s Studies at the University of Colombo. She had gained her PhD degree from the Institute of Education, University of London specializing on feminist research methodology in Sri Lanka. In 1994 she married Ranil Wickremasinghe.