Publications
Exploring Women’s Empowerment
edited by Ranmini Vithanagama This research has set out to understand how these initiatives have changed the economic landscape for women in the North. More specifically, it explores the economic opportunities that have been created for womens advancement and empowerment in the post-war North. By employing a multi-disciplinary approach, the different studies in ...
Religious Interface and Contestations Between Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka ( Sinhala)
This study examines the claim made by researchers that there is a shift in conflict dynamics in post-war ...
The Chronic and the Entrenched: Ethno-Religious Violence in Sri Lanka
The political transition of 2015 promised an end to ethno-religious violence in Sri Lanka. Three years later, this promise remains largely unfulfilled. In this study, Gehan Gunatilleke, examines how ethno-religious violence has persisted, particularly in its chronic form, and looks at some of the factors that entrench and sustain such forms of violence. He ...
Limits of Expression : Creative Artists and Censorship in Sri Lanka
Through an examination of the experiences of political cartoonists and
film-makers ...
film-makers ...
Womens Labour Market Outcomes and Livelihood Interventions in Sri Lankas North After the War
The study uses primary data from a large household survey to ...
Doing This and That – Self-employment and Economic Survival of Women Heads of Households in Mullaitivu
In post-war Sri Lanka, small, medium and micro (SME) enterprise development is ...
Making Ends Meet Womens Livelihoods in Post-War Sri Lanka
Women in Sri Lanka experience various forms of structural inequality and ...
Towards Recovering Histories of Anti-Muslim Violence in the Context of Sinhala Muslim Tensions in Sri Lanka
This research paper explores three incidents of Anti Muslim violence in ...
Post-War Realities: Barriers to Female Economic Empowerment
This paper aims to examine the main barriers to economic empowerment experienced by female-headed ...
War and Recovery: Psychosocial Challenges in Northern Sri Lanka
The proliferation of women heads of households has been one of the significant challenges created by armed ...