April 23: Women in "Post-Conflict" Sri Lanka. Secretary's Day: Affirmation or Anachronism?

Women demonstrate in Sri Lanka

"When the war ends, the world turns away," says Sunila Abeysekara. But for many women in Sri Lanka, the war has not really ended. Their livelihood and homes are destroyed, and no one is helping them pick up the pieces.

Preeti Shekar talks with Sri Lankan feminist and human rights activist Sunila Abeysekara about the challenges women face in the aftermath of the 26-year civil war. 33:28 min.

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Women's Magazine's Kate Raphael works as a word processor in a San Francisco law firm in her spare 37.5 hours a week. In 2007, she and former coworker Rosemary Lenihan interviewed more than a dozen of their fellow clerical workers about how they feel about the changing role of the "secretary" and the transformation of "National Secretaries' Day" into "Administrative Professionals Week." Clerical and administrative workers are still the most heavily female work force in the country.

In observation of Secretaries' Day (Administrative Professionals Day), we listen to the voices of workers who are seldom heard. 20:44 min.

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