by polity.lk | Aug 12, 2024 | Economy
South Asia in the New Global Debt Crisis – A Call for Collective Solutions Amali Wedagedara Debt payments of developing countries exceed their national revenue. According to a new report, Resolving The Worst Ever Global Debt Crisis, 118 developing countries are...
by polity.lk | Aug 5, 2024 | Gender
Child Marriages in Muslim Families in Batticaloa and Ampara Hasanah Cegu, Ermiza Tegal, and Nadia Ismail Child marriages occur in all communities in Sri Lanka, and teenage pregnancies are a concern nationwide. Unlike the approach towards this harmful practice in other...
by polity.lk | Jul 29, 2024 | Gender
Mary and Manju Emmanuel, Sarala (Director). 2021-2024. 19 mins and 24 mins respectively Pasan Jayasinghe Contemporary social conversations about trans people often do not actually involve trans people. Instead, they are unnamed, unheard cyphers in venomous exchanges...
by polity.lk | Jul 15, 2024 | Politics
Sri Lanka’s Pre-Presidential Election Politics: Uncertainty or Turmoil? Jayadeva Uyangoda The coming few months have the potential to produce major political changes in Sri Lanka. The presidential election is constitutionally due to be held on a date decided by the...
by polity.lk | Jul 9, 2024 | Politics
Anatomy of a Protest and Aragalaya Cinema Hiranyada Dewasiri The 2022 people’s uprising and occupation movement in Sri Lanka, widely known as the Aragalaya, was heavily documented through film. This material has begun returning to the public in the form of documentary...
