Ranjith Nageswary

Name: Ranjith Nageswary 

   

Political Party: Tamil National Alliance

Year she joined the party: 2005

District: Trincomalee

Positions held:

President of the Kalmunai Mother and Child Protection Group,

President of the YMCA small group

Field Officer of Sri Lanka Red Cross Society’s Project for Gender Violence

District Representative of the Womens’ Network against Violence

Secretary of the WRDS of Nalanthapura, China-bay

Member of the WRDS of Fizalnagar, Kinniya

Activities:

Involved in politics for the last five years as a result of the call for all Tamil Parties be united to contest. Involvement of her friends in politics has inspired her.

She says, “I think the women could do well to the community by involving in politics, considering the involvement of women in the politics in the past it is good for us to get involved in politics.”