Sri Lanka lifts ban on women buying alcohol

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has lifted a 39-year ban on women buying alcohol or working in places that sell or manufacture liquor, an official said Sunday. The 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women on the island of 21 million people was overturned in an effort to strike sexist bills from the statute books, said a spokesman for the finance ministry. ?The idea was to restore gender neutrality,? Ali Hassen told AFP of the decision Wednesday to roll back the ban. The move also repeals a ban on women working in places where alcoholic drinks are made or sold, like bars.

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