‘We Women Together’ will help create a better country for our people, says Chaturi Gangani, the Monaragala district executive member of the National People’s Power and its candidate for the general election.
She emphasized this by addressing the public rally held in Monaragala on the 4th to confirm the victory of the group of candidates of the National People’s Power for the parliamentary election from Monaragala district.
Chaturi Gangani said, “In world politics, the history of our country is written in golden letters; a victory was achieved in the last presidential election. We have elected a leader who feels the heartbeat of the people of this country to the presidency. In that victory, the dear women living in this district and this country have fulfilled their duty correctly. Women have come forward for the victory of the presidential election as well as for the triumph of the general election. Only the National People’s Power was able to organize women politically in South Asia.
There was a situation where our daughter, grandmother and mother couldn’t live in the country without any suspicion or fear. Monaragala district has the highest recorded number of child abuse cases. There has been a lot of abuse and rape. We have not yet created a safe country where we can live with dignity. Therefore, we women have the responsibility to come together and create a better country. In factories, garment factories, any other place of work, and the farm field, we work hard to earn a living for our children. How much do women suffer in Sevanagara, Palwatta and Athamale sugarcane factories?
“Venomous vipers even attack sugarcane cutters with their venom-filled fangs.
Our swollen feet cry in pain, drilled by sharp thorns
Dripping our pitiful blood – but we have to cut the sugarcane.”
This poem tells about the pains we go through to find life for our children in the midst of poisonous snakes in sugarcane plantations. We have a duty and responsibility to build a country and a tomorrow for our children. How tragic are the lives of women who fulfil that duty and obligation? We have achieved one victory to change this situation. To confirm that victory, we request that we take action to build a strong future for our children on November 14.”
