GendermasculinitymobilitySri Lankan mentransnational livelihoodsAlthough in the past Sri Lanka has had a higher number of women migrant workers, recent statistics show that the gap between the percentages of female and male migrants is decreasing. Since 2007, male migrants have outnumbered female ...
Sri Lanka had the bottom feminine participation in politics among all South Asian nations. With funding from the federal government of Norway, the nation began to implement this system of promoting women’s participation in politics. This program supported the involvement of Sri Lanka girls in the ...
Over the past two decades, there has been a global trend of reversing democratic practices. This is often driven by authoritarian leaders who use their power to undermine democratic norms and institutions. In Sri Lanka, this has manifested in a situation where leading political figures mobilize or...
Climate change impact on cultural heritage is one of the less visible areas in Sri Lankan academic scholarship. The prevailing knowledge gap creates an urgent need to reconstruct the indigenous and local climate knowledge systems in Sri Lanka. ...
In the recent past Sri Lanka has had a high rate of attempted suicide by pesticide ingestion, among both males and females. Recent evidence suggests that these trends in self-poisoning may be changing, with increasing medicinal overdoses and changing gender ratios. In the past, attempted suicide...
Gender and Politics in Sri Lanka Series:Contemporary Ethnography Chapter 1: IntroductionDecember 2005I stood at the edge of the dancing women and peered into the swirling faces and colors in front of me. Twilight was just beginning to fall over the factory grounds and revelers on the dancing...
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Individuals, families and communities in Northern Sri Lanka have undergone three decades of war trauma, multiple displacements, and loss of family, kin, friends, homes, employment and other valued resources. The objective of the study was understanding c
[44]. Thus, a woman’s initial refusal to sex may be interpreted as ambiguous as it may be seen to comply with norms oflajja baya, thus encourages the man to persuade the women until she ‘agrees’. A recent study investigating violence against women in Sri Lanka, found that 20 percent...
(1996). `Marriage Timing in Sri Lanka: The Role of Modern Norms and Ideas.' Journal of Marriage and Family. 58(2): 476-490Malhotra, A., & Tsui, A. O. (1996). Marriage timing in Sri Lanka: The role of modern norms and ideas. Journal of Marriage and Family, 58(2), 476A490....