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Cyber Warders to Ensure a Safer Internet for All

Admin March 27, 2021

Dilhani Thantirimudalige Safer Internet Day (SID) celebrated its 18th edition across the globe on 9th February 2021 under the slogan, “Together for a better internet”. The idea was to send an open call for all stakeholders to join in an effort to make the internet a safer place, especially for

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

The Persecution of Single Mothers in Sri Lanka

Admin March 27, 2021

Natalie Soysa We use the term ‘single mother’ loosely here, but it means different things to those who use it and moreover to those who carry the mantle. Single mother can refer to a mother who is divorced and has primary custody of the child or children – in which case there is usually some […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

WHERE IS THE ‘CARE’ IN HEALTHCARE? A Critique on Sri Lanka’s Public Health System

Admin March 27, 2021

Natalie Soysa It is a mistaken idea to assume that Sri Lanka offers a free public healthcare system. While people who are in need of such services don’t have to make immediate payments for surgeries, clinic visits, hospital stays and medication at state-run facilities, the reality is that citizens have already paid for these services […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

An Election that Created a New Propensity of Breaking the Traditional Power Exchange between Two Major Parties

Admin March 27, 2021

Kamani Hettirarachchi A general election is held to appoint representatives to rule a country for a certain time period. According to the Sri Lankan constitution the representatives who are appointed from an election can rule the country for 5 years. Sri Lanka People’s Front which competed under the symbol of a lotus bud has achieved […]

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Women in Terror and Women in Peace (Part IV)

Admin March 26, 2021

Dhanushka Silva  Social institutions continue to be largely male-dominated and patriarchal. Hence, social responses regarding female participation in certain issue areas and instances have been discouraging. Interestingly, men, as well as women, have at times discouraged females from voicing out various concerns. For example, the Muslim Women’s Research and Action Forum

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Women in Terror and Women in Peace (Part III)

Admin March 26, 2021

Dhanushka Silva While peace negotiations were taking place in Sri Lanka during the war, civil society adopted a different approach to ensure that their concerns were on the table and reached affected communities at the grassroots level. The Suriya Women’s Development Centre (Batticaloa); Muslim Women’s Research and Action Forum (Kalmunai and Colombo), and Sarvodaya were

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Women in Terror and Women in Peace (Part II)

Admin March 26, 2021

Dhanushka Silva On the topics of sex work as a result of the impacts of war, there was disturbing evidence of a village in the ‘Madhu’ area which was infamously noted for sex work which resulted from the lack of male family members or incomes, which simply meant that there were no other means of […]

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Continuing the cycle of hate

Admin March 26, 2021

Neville Uditha Weerasinghe Until the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in 2009, the Tamil population in the country were the ‘other’ or the enemy, a notion created by the Sinhala extremists within the Sinhalese society. However, with the end of the long-drawn conflict, the Sinhala extremists no longer could point at this group of […]

Freedom of expression and fundamental rights

Post-mortem Examinations during COVID

Admin March 26, 2021

Sandali Amaya A current and important topic of discussion these days is COVID-19 or otherwise called, the Corona Virus. Many individuals in society have used various tactics and precautions to avoid this virus and protect their lives. However, the subject of post-mortem examinations remains a much fraught subject of discussion. The question lies in whether the […]

Transparency and corruption in public service

Towards a Transparent and Corruption-Free Public Service

Admin March 19, 2021

Rangani Wasana Perera Corruption must end in public service in order to create transparency in a society that does not even know the meaning of the word transparency in public service. Transparency comes to life when corruption in public service ends. Corruption is more of a problem than a moral issue and will hinder both […]