by ssa-admin-032024 | Jan 10, 2023 | Intervention
Meaning and Critique in Women’s Narratives of Care and Work Nadia Augustyniak Arguments about the economic benefits of women’s labour participation go hand in hand with assumptions about the personal value of women’s work, often framed in terms of empowerment and...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jan 8, 2023 | Statement
Statement by academics on dealing with Sri Lankan debt, January 2023 Sri Lanka, along with many other low- and middle-income countries, has experienced a series of financial shocks due to both external and internal factors. Global forces have caused food and energy...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Jan 4, 2023 | Intervention
Resisting the Nationalist Right’s Framing of the Economic Alternative Devaka Gunawardena Given the design of the Budget for 2023, it is unlikely that Sri Lanka’s working people will see relief anytime soon. The current Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa Government has...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Dec 25, 2022 | Intervention
“The Disaster (Before and) After the Disaster”: Writing the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Gnei Soraya Zarook The Indian Ocean tsunami that was triggered on December 26, 2004[i], killed approximately 35,000 people in Sri Lanka, rendered 800,000 people homeless, destroyed...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Dec 20, 2022 | Intervention
Unpaid Care Work is Work Sepali Kottegoda Caring for household members. Well-being of the family. Putting food on the table. Washing clothes. Making ends meet. Looking after the young, the old, and differently abled family members. These are everyday activities...
