| NOTES AND COMMENTS | 03 | |
| NGOS,HATE POLITICS & QUESTIONS OF DEMOCRACY | Jayadeva Uyangoda | 06 |
| THE NGO BOGEY | Kumari Jayawardena | 10 |
| NEW TIMES & THE LEFT | Sudip Ray | 12 |
| GENDER ISSUES | ||
| EDITORIAL: NOTES TOWARDS A DISCUSSION OF FEMALE PORTRAITS AS TEXTS* | Malathi de Allwis | 16 |
| A STATE OF TERROR: LITERARY REPRESENTATIONS OF RAPE AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN SRI LANKAN WRITING IN ENGLISH | Neluka silva | 22 |
| RANDOM REFLECTIONS ON THE BEIJING CONFERENCE | Manisha Gunasekera | 26 |
| WOMEN AND WORK IN SRI LANKA | Yolanda Foster | 29 |
| VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | Radhika Coomaraswamy | 34 |
| THROUGH THE EYES OF E WOMEN: A NEW SEEING AND KNOWING OUR REALITY | 37 | |
| BOOK REVIEWS | ||
| MAKING A DIFFERENCE | Susan Ram | 39 |
| MANUFACTURING CHAMPIONS | Janaka Biyanwila | 42 |
| FAITH AND MILK MIRACLE | Seema Mustafa | 43 |
| DOCUMENTS | ||
| PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO VLOLUNTARY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT | 45 | |
| CHILDREN IN THE NORTH-EASST WAR: 1985-1995 | 46 |
