Photo courtesy of Eastern Eye A few weeks ago Sri Lanka’s own #metoo movement came out in strong condemnation of incidents of sexual harassment that…
Photo courtesy of The Independent Sri Lanka’s MeToo Movement is currently being described by Al Jazeera, The Hindu and The Independent as ‘delayed’ or ‘belated’,…
Photo courtesy of ICRC Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Almost every conflict around the world from Bosnia…
Photo courtesy of The Telegraph The Sri Lankan Cabinet has agreed a ban on wearing burqas and other full face veils in public, which is…
Photo courtesy of Sri Lanka Development Journalists Forum The theme of International Women’s Day 2021 is “Choose to Challenge” In the past several years, we…
There is a social experiment that has been doing rounds close to Women’s Day this year. To help understand the human mind, participants are asked…
For Women’s Day 2021, Groundviews interviewed Dr. Theshini Perera, a professional in the field of science who has broken stigmas held against women, proving that…
Image courtesy Thuppahi’s Blog The Sri Lankan government’s Disarmament, Demobilisation, and Reintegration (DDR) program has invested in bridging former fighters’ transition from wartime to peacetime,…
Photo courtesy of We Effect The transitional justice process in Sri Lanka has come to a grinding halt. Reconciliation between the majority and minority communities…
Photo courtesy of NNN Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation In a tribal region of Afghanistan, a sad 10…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Malathi de Alwis, friend, mentor, teacher, feminist, anthropologist, birder, foodie and the most amazing cook, passed away on January 21. As…
Photo courtesy of This Week in Worcester In his presidential election manifesto, Gotabaya Rajapaksa noted that “Sexual and Gender Based violence has increased in our…
Photo courtesy of Head Topics Inadequate access to menstrual hygiene tools and education, or otherwise known as period poverty, is not a phenomenon that only…
Photo courtesy of MSF Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women A senior policeman’s daughter accidently drove into a car…
Photo courtesy of Daily Mirror On November 25, 1960 three sisters, Patria Mercedes Mirabal, María Argentina Minerva Mirabal and Antonia María Teresa Mirabal, were assassinated…
Photo courtesy of resurj Sri Lanka enshrines a right to universal healthcare but critically neglects women in this universal promise. Acknowledging that abortion is politicized through…
Photo courtesy of Gay Star News Sri Lanka is a nation of paradoxes; the land where millions identify as Buddhists, has also seen decades of…
Photograph courtesy of Centre for Equality and Justice Since 1971, Sri Lanka has been embroiled in two revolutions and a civil war that have seen families…
Cartoon courtesy Vasuki Jeyasankar Sri Lanka has not been immune to the ravaging effects of the novel coronavirus, which emerged late last year and has…
Image courtesy the Economist “11 years later: Back on the Frontlines, Fighting for You” announced an article by Gagani Weerakoon on Ceylon Today on the…
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The Easter Sunday attacks were brutal and unprecedented. It surfaced communal prejudices and certain phobias that Sri Lankan society lives…
Image Samya Arif/Medium “To discuss the knowledge and status of women today, it is important to know what they have gained and how,” [Kumari Jayawardena]…
Photo from Wikimedia A UN resolution is in danger of leading peace advocates down the wrong path When a peace deal is struck between warring…