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Discussion on Gender and Democracy in Pakistan

SSA and the Women and Media Collective co-hosted an informal discussion on “Gender and Politics in Pakistan” on the 23rd of May 2013 at SSA. The main discussant was Ms. Nighat Khan, a prominent feminist scholar and activist from Pakistan. She is also the Executive Director of the Applied Socio-Economic Research (ASR) Resource Centre, Lahore,… Continue reading Discussion on Gender and Democracy in Pakistan

Vol. 9 – 10

ஆசிரியர் உரை க. சண்முகலிங்கம் K. Shanmugalingam இலங்கையில் பின்காலனித்துவ அரசு : மாற்றத்தின் வழித்தடங்கள் ஜயதேவ உயங்கொட  தமிழில் க. சண்முகலிங்கம் Jayadeva Uyangoda  Translated by K. Shanmugalingam அந்தோனியோ கிராம்ஸ்கி : ஒரு சுருக்க அறிமுகம் நியூட்டன் குணசிங்க தமிழில் சட்டத்தரணி சி. கனகசிங்கம், L.L.B. Newton Gunasinghe Translated by S. Kanagasingam, L.L.B அரசியல் மூலதனமும் குடும்ப சாம்ராஜ்ஜிய அரசியலும் குமாரி ஜயவர்த்தன  தமிழில் க. சண்முகலிங்கம் Kumari Jayawardena… Continue reading Vol. 9 – 10

Workshop/Training of Enumerators

The workshop was held from 27-29th July 2012 at the Sarvodaya Development Educational Institute, Aluthgama- Bandaragama. In total 57 enumerators were trained in field research and survey methodology. Two prominent Indian scholars, Prof. Sandeep Shastri and Prof. Sanjay Kumar from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, (CSDS) New Delhi participated as resource persons… Continue reading Workshop/Training of Enumerators

1998: Women in Conflict Zones

In 1998-89 the Women in Conflict Zones Network (WICZNET) and the SSA organized a comparative project between Sri Lanka and former Yugoslavia. In December 1998 the first conference was held in Hendala, Sri Lanka and the second in Budapest, Hungary in October 1999. The Sri Lanka Conference had 40 international participants and 70 local participants.… Continue reading 1998: Women in Conflict Zones

1995: Subaltern Studies

The Fifth Subaltern Studies Conference was held in Colombo in June 1995, organized by the SSA and ICES on the topic of “Community, Gender and Violence” A book consisting of the papers presented were published with the title edited by Partha Chattajee and Pradeep Jeganathan published by Permanent Black, Delhi (2000). The articles in the… Continue reading 1995: Subaltern Studies

1992: Women – The State, Fundamentalism and Cultural Identity in South Asia

In March 1992 a conference was held in Sri Lanka organized by the SSA with participation of delegates from Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. The papers presented were published in 1996 by Kali for Women in a book entitled “Embodied Violence: Communalising Women’s Sexuality in South Asia” edited by Kumari Jayawardena and Malathi de Alwis.… Continue reading 1992: Women – The State, Fundamentalism and Cultural Identity in South Asia

1987: Facets of Ethnicity

Following the success of “Ethnicity and Social Change” (1984), the SSA in 1987 published another book Facets of Ethnicity edited by … on the themes of nationalism, ethnicity. The contributors were Serena Tennekoon, Newton Gunasinghe, Radhika Coomaraswamy, V. Nithyanandan, Sunil Bastian, K. Sivathamby, Kumari Jayawardena and Gamani Samaranayake.