Editing Prohibition (section)

====Sri Lanka====
In 1955 Sri Lanka passed a law prohibiting adult women from buying alcohol.<ref name="bbcsri">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42638758 |work=[[BBC News]] |title=Sri Lanka removes ban on sale of alcohol to women |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> In January 2018, Finance Minister [[Mangala Samaraweera]] announced that the law would be amended, allowing women to legally consume alcohol and work in venues that sell alcohol.<ref name="bbcsri"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2018/01/10/sri-lanka-removes-63-year-old-ban-on-alcohol-for-women |title=Sri Lanka removes 63-year-old ban on alcohol for women |newspaper=[[Daily Sabah]] |quote=According to Mangala Samaraweera, the Sri Lankan government is amending the law that installed the ban 63 years ago. |date=January 9, 2018 |access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> The legalization was overruled by President [[Maithripala Sirisena]] several days later.<ref>{{cite news |quote=He told a rally he had ordered the government to withdraw the reform, which would also have allowed women to work in bars without a permit. |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42682526 |date=January 14, 2018 |access-date=January 15, 2018 |title=Sri Lanka's president rejects move to allow women to buy alcohol}}</ref>