Why should culture affect what a lady should do or become in the future, this is absolutely gender discrimination.
Jaftina was a gold medalist in athletics, born in the year 2000 into a family of 4, in which three (3) of her siblings are boys, and one (1) girl which happens to be her, Jaftina is the first child of the family. She was born and raised in the city of Colombo, the administrative capital of the Western Province and the district capital of the Colombo District. In the Republic of Sri Lanka. While Jaftina was growing up she loved sports, but now she lost interest because she didn't get the chance to develop her talent.
I was born into an impoverished family, and things were tough for us as a family, and there was no opportunity for me to come out, my writing, and drawings all were just a dream for me though I still draw she said.
Jaftina can also be described as an epitome of talents, when she was in high school she write so well, She was good at writing love stories that captivate the souls and makes you want to love again, even if you have fallen out of love no matter how long you have, readers testifies.
Jaftina also loves art, I love to put all my imagination into art she said, she picks up drawing because her emotions and feelings can be overwhelming sometimes. Jaftina sees art as a way of expressing one’s true feelings and mind, at her thirteens (13) she said I wanted to build my carrier around what I love doing the most since I can’t build a carrier in sport. But I never get any support from my family to become a writer also. And maybe the society around her "as I thought" just because she's a female and her office is in the kitchen and to raise her own child. Or, she just can’t be any other thing, fulfilling her carrier path aside from working 12 hours daily job duty.
She said, based on their culture in Sri Lanka there are odds against women's self-exploration and women in the labor market.
According to an article press released by ILO-Sri Lanka in 2018
WOMEN AT WORK: THE SRI LANKAN SITUATION
Although Sri Lanka has distinguished itself as a regional trendsetter on gender equity with regard to education and other social indicators, women have remained pegged at a meager 30-35 percent of the workforce for the past two decades. The ILO-Sri Lanka conducted a study in 2016, in a bid to understand why this negative trend of women in the workforce persists.
The results revealed that despite the country’s vast strides in education, health, and other indicators; women have lower chances to get into the workforce than men- and even if they wrestle against the odds and get hired, they eventually face wage discrimination.
In the private sector, female workers can earn anywhere between 30-36 percent less than their male counterparts- for doing exactly the same job. The picture is not entirely bleak though, with greater gender parity in wages in the public sector. How or why does the number of women in the workforce matter to Sri Lanka? For starters, there is the issue of basic fairness to men and women, and offering all genders equal opportunity and freedom to make their own choices: a notion strongly supported by Article 12 (1) of the Constitution, and ILO Convention No. 111 on non-discrimination in employment and occupation that Sri Lanka ratified back in 1998. In addition, being supportive of women in the workforce also makes economic commonsense. Trends indicate that with the aging population, the labor force could start shrinking by as early as 2026. This in itself could pose a real challenge to economic growth that simply will not be overcome without closing the gender gap for Sri Lankan women.
The skewed workforce statistics seem to stem from a common underlying theme: gender norms and biases, which possibly reach back to family environments and extend all the way to workplaces. Of the 500 married women interviewed, as many as 48 percent of the women who had been previously employed, cited giving up their jobs for homemaking as their main reason to stop working.
The study shows that there are rules regulating female lifestyle and the carrier path females can choose to do. Unfortunately for Jaftina, she belongs to the other side of the law as a girl the community’s odds are against her. Which limited her to pursuing a career in the field of art and sports she has a passion for.
My encounter with her. Gaftain moved to the United Arab Emirates 10 weeks ago when I met her, she is my junior colleague where I work, and she brought her art gallery book to the workplace and everyone close to her was appreciating it, also all passersby came and check. That was what drew my attention in her direction, and I saw a glimpse of the art, which prompted me, I stood up and I walked to where her seat I asked her can I check, please? She said yes. I take a look at all the drawings they were beautiful, what got us talking was when I saw her mood board the moment I saw it, I knew she was talented, I told her I love your mood board. That all my emotions in there, she replied. I was overwhelmed by emotions too.
I shared my story with her, and the moment I was rounding it up, she said in the future when you're successful in your magazine you could write about it. It was amazing the way she pitched my story to me, right away I told her I wish you could be in my writing team for my magazine, Jaftina is a born columnist. Ironically I can’t afford to pay for her expenses plus her visa, how can I get her to work with me without a constant in flow of revenue?
What other options Jaftina do have left, the chance for her to live in the United Arab Emirates or live in Sri Lanka, she chose Sri Laka. I asked her why she chose to live in Sri Lanka, and not the United Arab Emirates. Sri Lanka is my identity, that’s who I am plus I don’t want to experience the kind of life my both parents are experiencing there in the Middle East, I love my environment. The street fun and the natural smile on my face, plus all my friends are there, I don't have friends here in U.A.E. My experience and my life will definitely change, routine of 10 - 12 working hours, six days a week with no time for fun will be a sad lifestyle for me, and when it’s time for me to get married my parent will arrange my marriage she replied. But my parents insisted I should come to the U.A.E, I know deep inside of them both, they want the best for me. But what about my passion, my dream, and my happiness I don’t want to give it up, I want to live a fulfilling life. Certainly not on 12 hours job every day Six (6) days a week, eleven (11) months a year as she ends the conversation now am still trying to figure out my life.
To round this off, there are twenty-one (21) writers in Sri Lanka excluding academic writers, among are 8 females approximately source “Wikipedia” last edited in 2020
Below is some of Jaftina’s imaginary illustration artwork titled the unfinished love story Jaftina could be the next Sybil Wettasinghery ‘writer and illustrator’ in Sri Lanka and the youngest writer as of now. Can Jaftina become a writer? Now that she move to the United Arab Emirates?
By M ‘writer and illustrator’ in Sri Lanka and the youngest writer as of now. Can Jaftina become a writer? Now that she move to the United Arab Emirates?
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