The Post-Conflict Vulnerability of Female Ex-Combatants and War-Affected Women in Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern Provinces
TAMIL | தமிழ் Comprehensive Advocacy Dossier: Post-Conflict Vulnerability, Economic Exploitation, and Human Rights in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka Executive Summary Post-conflict recovery frameworks in the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka have systematically failed to address the acute, multi-dimensional vulnerabilities faced by conflict-affected populations—specifically female ex-combatants, war widows, and female-headed households (FHHs). Trapped at the intersection of intensive state surveillance, pervasive social stigma, systemic economic exclusion, and high debt burdens, these groups experience severe structural marginalization. In the absence of viable state welfare and institutional capital, vulnerable women have become primary targets for predatory financial practices, entrenching long-term poverty, debt bondage, and human rights deprivations that directly contravene international legal standards. Section I: Demographic Scale & Geograp...