Agnes de Silva

Agnes Marion de Silva (née Nell; 1885-1961) ta kasance mai fafutukar mata ta Sri Lanka daga wata al'umma mai ci gaba wacce, a cikin shekarun 1930, ta jagoranci batutuwan da suka shafi mata kuma musamman 'yancin manya ko' yancin mata a Sri Lanka.  Ta taimaka wajen kafa kungiyar mata ta Sri Lanka . 

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Agnes Marion Nell a Colombo a shekara ta 1885. Ita ce kawai 'yar Paul Nell ta dangin aristocratic na Burgher Kirista, wanda ya kasance injiniya a lardin Kandy. Ta auri George de Silva, wani Buddha na Sinhala, lauya ne ta hanyar sana'a wanda aka sani da tsarinsa na sassaucin ra'ayi a cikin al'amuran zamantakewa da siyasa kuma wanda ya ci gaba da dalilin zaɓen mata. Ya jawo Agnes a cikin jam'iyyun rawa da kiɗa da yawa kuma ya auri ta a cikin babban biki a cikin 1908.  Suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu Anil de Silva da Minnette de Silva da ɗa Fredrick de Silva . 

A cikin inganta yunkurin mata na zaɓen mata a cikin mulkin Burtaniya na lokacin (wanda aka sani yanzu, bayan samun 'yancin kai, a matsayin Sri Lanka) de Silva ta yi aiki a matsayin sakatariyar Kungiyar Mata ta Mata wacce aka kafa a 1927 ta hanyar mata masu daraja waɗanda suka bi sana'o'i masu dacewa. A wannan lokacin kawunta Winfred Nell ta kasance babban likita. Ta bi gwagwarmaya don samun 'yancin 'yanci ga mata, ta jagoranci tawagar mata membobin Franchise Union don gabatar da shari'arsu a 1928 Donoughmare Commission on Constitutional Reform wanda Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta kafa. Agnes ta shaida a gaban Hukumar cewa matan Tamil na Indiya a Sri Lanka ma ya kamata su sami damar jefa kuri'a. Da farko Hukumar ta amince da ba da izini ga mata da suka wuce shekaru talatin. Ta sake ziyartar Burtaniya tare da mijinta don gabatar da batun Sri Lanka ba kawai don zaɓen ba har ma da wasu gyare-gyare. Sauye-sauyen da aka yarda da su sun zama wani ɓangare na sabon kundin tsarin mulki wanda ya fara aiki a 1931. Bayan sabon kundin tsarin mulki ya fara aiki an ba da izinin manya ga mata sama da shekaru 21,  don jefa kuri'a ba tare da la'akari da matsayinsu na ilimi ba.

Daga nan sai ta yi takara a babban zaben, tana wakiltar Jam'iyyar Labour daga mazabar Galagedara a kan batun zaɓen duniya amma ta kasa samun zabe. Ta kasance memba na Kwamitin Zartarwa na Jam'iyyar Labour . [1] [1] Ita da mijinta sun yi aiki don samun 'yancin Sri Lanka daga mulkin Burtaniya, wanda ya fara aiki a shekarar 1948. [2]

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Rukuni:Matattun 1961