Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30

Peoples’ Summit

by polity.lk | Nov 17, 2025 | Ecology

Declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30 Peoples’ Summit 16.11.25 – Belém (Brazil) We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have...

Gehenu Api Eka Mitata: Building a Women’s Political Movement in Sri Lanka

Kaushalya Ariyarathne

by polity.lk | Nov 4, 2025 | Politics

Gehenu Api Eka Mitata: Building a Women’s Political Movement in Sri Lanka Kaushalya Ariyarathne The recent election of 22 women to Sri Lanka’s new parliament in November 2024 has sparked significant interest and inquiry. This development, representing a welcome...

Safety is Not a Wall: Beyond Protection from Domestic Violence

Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage

by polity.lk | Oct 30, 2025 | Justice

Safety is Not a Wall: Beyond Protection from Domestic Violence Prasanna Pitigala Liyanage Call her N.The night she left, she packed her phone, her NIC, and a small bag.A friend waited in a trishaw.At the station, a statement; at court, a file; by morning, an order.A...

“There is nothing inherently liberatory in the imagination, but it must be made so”

Vajra Chandrasekera

by polity.lk | Oct 28, 2025 | Culture

“There is nothing inherently liberatory in the imagination, but it must be made so” Vajra Chandrasekera From the Editors: Our warm congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera, whose writing we have been pleased to feature, on the honour of receiving the 2025 Ursula K. Le...

Transgender Sex Work in Sri Lanka: The Politics of Nachchi Sex Workers. Kaushalya Ariyarathne. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.

F. Zahrah Rizwan

by polity.lk | Oct 22, 2025 | Gender

Transgender Sex Work in Sri Lanka: The Politics of Nachchi Sex Workers. Kaushalya Ariyarathne. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. F. Zahrah Rizwan Groundbreaking is the word that echoes through Kaushalya Ariyarathne’s book, Transgender Sex Work in Sri Lanka: The Politics of...