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Invitation: Celebrating the life of Sunila Abeysekera

We warmly welcome you to this commemoration lecture as we celebrate Sunila’s inspiring and courageous life of feminist and human rights activism and movement building locally and internationally. “The Human Cost of Sri Lanka’s Economic Collapse” by Dr. Sonali Deraniyagala Sunday, September 4th 2022, at 6:30 PM IST. Join Zoom Meeting – Link Meeting ID: … Continue reading Invitation: Celebrating the life of Sunila Abeysekera

Press release – Women for Democratic Struggles

Women for Democratic Struggles, a coalition of women’s groups held a press briefing yesterday and called for the government to recognize the demands made by the Aragalaya for systematic/structural change, including the abolition of the executive presidency, more involvement of the people, including women and youth in democratic decision making, through the implementation of a … Continue reading Press release – Women for Democratic Struggles

Media Briefing: Women for Democratic Struggles

Women for Democratic Struggles, a coalition of women’s groups held a press briefing yesterday and called for the government to recognize the demands made by the Aragalaya for systematic/structural change, including the abolition of the executive presidency, more involvement of the people, including women and youth in democratic decision making, through the implementation of a … Continue reading Media Briefing: Women for Democratic Struggles

Concerns and suggestions by Civil Society in relation to the IMF intervention in Sri Lanka

CEPA convened the meeting between selected civil society organisations (CSOs) that also included a few think tanks and the visiting delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This brief compiled by CEPA captures the main points presented by the participating organisations on the basis of the common governance and socio-economic themes raised in the discussion. … Continue reading Concerns and suggestions by Civil Society in relation to the IMF intervention in Sri Lanka

What is a human rights approach to IMF negotiations?

To understand the implications of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations in light of the Sri Lankan crisis, the Women and Media Collective (Sri Lanka) cosponsored a discussion with NYU Gallatin Human Rights Initiative (New York). Chaired by Radhika Coomaraswamy and Vasuki Nesiah, the panel comprising of Deepika Udagama, Philip Alston and Michael Fakhri discussed … Continue reading What is a human rights approach to IMF negotiations?