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| Senanayake, who is a vocal activist for women's rights, was strangely : "I'm still being recognised as a beauty queen, but I've been a high commissioner and in politics for such a long time. As a woman you are not recognised as a person who has done so many portfolios, but always referred to as the beauty you were in your heyday.}} | Senanayake, who is a vocal activist for women's rights, was strangely : "I'm still being recognised as a beauty queen, but I've been a high commissioner and in politics for such a long time. As a woman you are not recognised as a person who has done so many portfolios, but always referred to as the beauty you were in your heyday.}} | ||
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| HonourableRosy Senanayake | |
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| Member of Parliament for Colombo District | |
| MP | |
| Former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia, Leader of the opposition of the Western Province Provincial Council | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-01-05) 5 January 1958 (age 67) Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Spouse | Athula Senanayake |
| Children | Kanishka Thisakya Radhya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Activist |
| Rosy Senanayake | |
|---|---|
| Title | Mrs World 1985, Miss Asia Pacific International 1981, Miss Sri Lanka 1980 |
Bernadine Rose Senanayake (known as Rosy Senanayake) (née Ramanayake; born 5 January 1958), MP is a Sri Lankan politician, activist, and a former beauty queen. A current member of the Sri Lankan parliament, she was the leader of the opposition in Western Provincial Council and is the United National Party Chief Organiser for the Colombo West electorate. Rosy Senanayake has served as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner for Malaysia and was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund. She has been an activist on several issues and an active figure in the opposition gaining much lime light.
Beauty queen
Rosy Senanayake was the winner in the first Mrs World competition in 1985. She is also a former Miss Asia Pacific International 1981 and competed as Miss Sri Lanka in Miss World 1980.
Community work
Her professional life has been devoted to promoting Sri Lanka, and particularly Sri Lankan trade, to the world. She promotes the rights of women and adolescents in her country, and as a United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador she has, through the National Youth Services Council, promoted reproductive health services for young people and for migrant women workers in Sri Lanka's Free Trade Zone.
She has worked with the private sector to provide reproductive health services to employees of private companies in Sri Lanka, and recently starred in a film about reproductive health. Through her popular daytime television program 'Eliya' she has become an icon for women's and children's causes in Sri Lanka.
Diplomatic work
In 1998 she was appointed as a United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador. Rosy Senanayake was appointed as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia in 2002, which she held until 2004.
Politics
An major opposition activist, she is the Chief Organiser for the Colombo West Electorate of the United National Party. She was elected to the Western Provincial Council in 2009 with the highest votes for United National Party in Colombo District, where she served as its leader of the opposition until she was elected to the Parliament in General Election 2010. Her professional life has been devoted to promoting Sri Lanka, and particularly Sri Lankan trade, to the world.
Sexist attack
UK based The Guardian in its edition on 14th June, 2013 published an article titled, Top 10 sexist moments in politics: Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton and more where it highlighted the sexist attack on Rosy Senanayake and other women politicians around the world including, Angela Eagle, Lindiwe Mazibuko, Cecile Duflot, Louise Mensch, Park Geun-hye, Hillary Clinton and Julia Gillard.
The Guardian states;
Rosy Senanayake, member of Sri Lanka's opposition United National party, has been involved in politics for more than 20 years, serving as a UN Goodwill ambassador and Sri Lanka's high commissioner in Malaysia. And yet, when asked a question by her in parliament, Kumara Welgama, the transport minister, said he was "choked" by her beauty. "I am so happy to answer a question by a beauty queen," he said (Senanayake is a former Miss World). "You are such a charming woman. I cannot explain my feelings here. But if you meet me outside Parliament, I will describe them … My thoughts are running riot … I don't want to reveal to the public." Senanayake, who is a vocal activist for women's rights, was strangely not impressed: "I'm still being recognised as a beauty queen, but I've been a high commissioner and in politics for such a long time. As a woman you are not recognised as a person who has done so many portfolios, but always referred to as the beauty you were in your heyday.
Family
Daughter of a civil servant, she was educated at Embilipitiya Maha Vidayala(1969-1974) and Ferguson High School, Ratnapura. She married Athula Senanayake, an entrepreneur who is the son of Stanley Senanayake, a former Inspector General of Police and Maya Senanayake the daughter of the founder of Nalanda college P. de S. Kularatne(MP). They have three children Kanishka, Thisakya and Radhya.
See also
References
- PP Rosy Senanayake
- Parliament profile
- Rosy send-off for Senanayake ..BY: By Ranjeetha Pakiam. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (July, 2004)
- Rosy Senanayake Mrs World 1985
- UNFPA in the News: Week of
- most beautiful female MP of Sri Lanka
- Rosy Senanayake, Sri Lanka's most beautiful female Politician
- ^ Saner, Emine (June 14, 2013). "Top 10 sexist moments in politics: Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton and more". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- The Don of Don’s
- A Rose by any other name
External links
- Biographies of UN Advocates and Goodwill Ambassadors
- Rosy Senanayake felicitated
- PM on two-day visit to Malaysia
- MERCY Malaysia continues to provide medical and humanitarian aid for Sri Lanka flood victims
- Channa and Upuli Performing in Malaysia
- Rosy speaks out - Interviewed by: Sunalie Ratnayake in Los Angeles, California.
- Memories in Asia
