{"id":202156,"date":"2019-05-31T16:40:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T11:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=202156"},"modified":"2019-05-31T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T11:11:18","slug":"ministry-of-public-administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-abaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ministry-of-public-administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-abaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Of Public Administration To Stop Female Public Servants Wearing Abaya?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a circular issued by the Public Administration and Disaster Management Ministry appears the government is attempting to impose a prohibition on female public servants from wearing the Abaya &#8211; the black, loosely fitting robe-like over garment worn by some Muslim women.<\/p>\n<p>In a circular issued on May 29 by Secretary of Public Administration and Disaster Management Ministry, titled \u2018Ensuring security in the office premises of the government\u2019, it has been noted that public officers arriving in office premises during office hours, should be dressed as follows: males in trouser and shirt or national dress \/ females in sari or osari &#8211; indicating that Abaya may no longer be a permitted outfit choice for Muslim female public servants.<\/p>\n<p>The circular further goes on to state that if an officer requires wearing attire \u2018according to certain religious customs\u2019, he\/ she should still comply with the above outfit choices, but may also wear an additional clothing item to maintain their religious identity, which leaves space for a headscarf for a female who wishes to cover their head.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the circular issued by Secretary J J Rathnasiri: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ministry-of-Public-Administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-the-Abaya-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-202157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ministry-of-Public-Administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-the-Abaya-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ministry-of-Public-Administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-the-Abaya-.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ministry-of-Public-Administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-the-Abaya--235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Ministry-of-Public-Administration-to-stop-female-public-servants-wearing-the-Abaya--768x979.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":200326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ministry Of Public Administration To Stop Female Public Servants Wearing Abaya? 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