Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin girmamawa ga Shekarar Mata ta Duniya a 1975, Bandaranaike ya kirkiro wata hukuma don mai da hankali kan al'amuran mata, wanda daga baya zai zama Ma'aikatar Mata da Harkokin Yara. Ta nada mace ta farko da za ta yi aiki a majalisar ministocin Sri Lanka, Siva Obeyesekere, da farko a matsayin Sakatare na Farko na Kiwon Lafiya kuma daga baya a matsayin Ministan Kiwon Lafiya. An yi mata biki a
Taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Mata da aka shirya a Birnin Mexico, halartar a matsayin mace ta farko da aka zaba a nata hakkin. Bandaranaike ya shiga cikin shekara guda na shugabanci a taron 5 na Non-Aligned Nations a 1976, wanda ya shirya taron a Colombo. Duk da girman darajarta a duniya, ta ci gaba da gwagwarmaya a cikin gida a karkashin zargin cin hanci da rashawa da kuma nepotism, yayin da tattalin arzikin ya ci gaba da raguwa. A cikin gwagwarmayarsu don amincewa, 'yan Tamil da ba su gamsu ba sun juya ga rabuwa. A watan Mayu na shekarar 1976, Jam'iyyar Tamil United Liberation Front ta amince da Vaddukoddai Resolution, inda ta yi kira ga samun 'yancin kai da cin gashin kai. A cikin babban zaben 1977, United Front ya ci nasara sosai, ya lashe kujeru shida kawai.