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...
by polity.lk | Oct 14, 2025 | Justice
Reflecting Back and Looking Forward: 20 years since the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act Thahira Cader & Raaya Gomez IntroductionOctober 3rd this year marks twenty years since the passing of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act, No. 34 of 2005 (PDVA) in Sri...
by polity.lk | Sep 23, 2025 | Justice
Family Law and Practice in Sri Lanka: Women’s Declaration Suriya Women’s Development Centre The Women’s Declaration on Family Law and Practice was officially submitted to Minister of Women and Child Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj, Minister of Justice and National...
by polity.lk | Aug 27, 2025 | Justice
Chemmani: Where the Soil Speaks, Where Memory Refuses Silence Sakuna M. Gamage The wind returns to the streetteeming with life and death. It hesitates a littleas it crosses the bridge. This wind knows of the dayswhen the water beneath the bridgeglinted in the...
