Table of Contents 1. Trauma in Female Headed Households in Amparai Getsy Shanmugam 2. A Reconstruction of the Trauma and the Post War Syndrome of Women in Trincomalee T. Suveendran 3. Towards a Discourse for a New Manifesto: A Post-Communist Version Selvy Thiruchandran 4. A Psychological Study of Blue Collar Female Workers Chandrika Ismail and Gameela Samarasinghe 5. Prostitution and Trafficking in Women Aurora J. De Dios 6. The Other Question of Women and Gender in Western Historiography Narmadha Thiranagama