“Austerity driven economic reforms affect women more than men”

An Interview with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky

by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 11, 2023 | Interview

“Austerity driven economic reforms affect women more than men” An Interview with Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky Dr. Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky was the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights between June 2014 and April...

Left Strategy in the Time of the IMF Counter-Revolution

Devaka Gunawardena

by ssa-admin-032024 | May 11, 2023 | Interview

Left Strategy in the Time of the IMF Counter-Revolution Devaka Gunawardena Less than a year has passed since the 9th July uprising last year in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, the contours of the present regime are well established. A loose network of progressive activists...

“Women Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Have Never Been a Concern of Plantation Companies”

An Interview with Menaha Kandasamy

by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 8, 2023 | Interview

“Women Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Have Never Been a Concern of Plantation Companies” An Interview with Menaha Kandasamy Menaha Kandasamy is the first woman to serve as the President and General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union and a Founding Member...

‘Is there an Asian Bioethics? Alternative Understandings of Ethics in Medicine’

Bob Simpson

by ssa-admin-032024 | Nov 14, 2022 | Interview

‘Is there an Asian Bioethics? Alternative Understandings of Ethics in Medicine’ Bob Simpson Peripheral Visions: Anthropological Perspectives on Bioethics, Biomedicine and Biotechnologies in Sri Lanka, (Social Scientists’ Association, Colombo 2022), reflects on the...

“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing”

Dileepa Witharana

by ssa-admin-032024 | Sep 7, 2022 | Interview

“Galle Face was Important, but Not the Whole Thing” Dileepa Witharana Colombo’s Galle Face Green became a symbol of democratic activism in Sri Lanka, for more than 100 days from April to July 2022 with young people in particular from across the country converging...

“People are starting to see that we were right”

Interview with University Students by Hasini Lecamwasam

by ssa-admin-032024 | May 18, 2022 | Interview

“People are starting to see that we were right” Interview with University Students by Hasini Lecamwasam University students are not new to political dissent and action, and the current wave of anti-government protests in Sri Lanka have been no exception. They have...