by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 24, 2025 | Statement
No to Silence and Impunity for Online and Offline Slander and Harassment of Women in Politics Women and Media Collective (WMC) , Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) and Mannar Women’s Development Federation (MWDF) The face of representative politics in...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Statement
Sri Lanka must act in solidarity with Palestine! The diabolical horrors unfolding in Gaza compel people of conscience across the world to take a principled stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The current violence unleashed indiscriminately on Gaza in...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 14, 2023 | Statement
International Women’s Day: Sri Lankan Women Demand Democracy, Economic Justice, and Freedom Feminist Collective for Economic Justice Working women are bearing the debt burden! In 1908, 15,000 working women marched through New York City demanding decent working hours,...
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 | Aug 28, 2022 | Statement
SL Govt – Stop Labeling Student Protestors and Activists as Terrorists! We are a group of feminists writing to call urgent attention to the extra-constitutional attempts of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) to suppress dissent. Lacking a popular mandate, hunting down...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Aug 6, 2022 | Statement
“Illegitimate Government, Immediately Halt Repression!” FUTA Statement on the Current Situation As a professional trade union which has historically stood for social justice in Sri Lanka, FUTA is appalled by the massive repression unleashed on...
