A policy dialogue titled, “Recognizing, Reducing, and Redistributing Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka” organized by the Women and Media Collective was held on March 31st, 2023 at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo from 9 am to 1.00 pm. The policy dialogue is an outcome of a research study conducted by the Women and Media… Continue reading Policy dialogue on Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka
Category: Conferences
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.
1979: SSA Projects
The SSA held a seminar on Nationalism, and History in December 1979, where historians and social scientists presented papers. These were published in three languages in 1984 under the title “Ethnicity and Social Change in Sri Lanka”. The writers were Senake Bandaranayake, Leslie Gunawardana, W.I. Suraweera, Susantha Goonetilake, Neil Kuruppu, K. Kailasapathy, Kumari Jayawardena, K.… Continue reading 1979: SSA Projects