by polity.lk | Jul 17, 2022 | Statement
The Solution to the Current Crisis is to Establish a Government Conscious of Workers’ and Farmers’ Rights Ceylon Plantation Workers’ (‘Red Flag’) Union [i]The Sri Lankan nation is facing the worst financial, economic, and socio-political crisis in 74 years since...
We are all poster-makers! Images from Gotagogama, Galle Face, April to May 2022
Sharni Jayawardena
by polity.lk | Jul 7, 2022 | Images/Photographs
We are all poster-makers! Images from Gotagogama, Galle Face, April to May 2022 Sharni Jayawardena Sharni Jayawardena’s collage of photographs from Galle Face Green in Colombo are a testament to the vibrancy and creativity of the protests against President Gotabaya...
We are “Our Own Crisis”: Locating the ‘Crisis in Education’
Jagath Weerasinghe
by polity.lk | Jun 27, 2022 | Speech
We are “Our Own Crisis”: Locating the ‘Crisis in Education’ Jagath Weerasinghe This is the text of a keynote speech delivered at the Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya held on 31 May 2022. Making a keynote speech at this...
What Does Increasing the Participation of Women in the Economy Mean?
Devaka Gunawardena
by polity.lk | Jun 20, 2022 | Intervention
What Does Increasing the Participation of Women in the Economy Mean? Devaka Gunawardena Experts keen to endorse the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) tentative programme for Sri Lanka have attempted to highlight the supposedly progressive aspects of its intervention...
Democracy: A Feminist Perspective
V. Geetha
by polity.lk | Jun 13, 2022 | Essay
Democracy: A Feminist Perspective V. Geetha The Rajani Thiranagama Memorial Lecture was delivered in Tamil by V. Geetha on 2 October 2021. When I was invited to deliver a lecture on the occasion of Rajani Thiranagama’s death anniversary, I felt honoured. Contemplating...