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Electoral Integrity

Women encounter a toxic internet that robs their voice- Shreen Saroor

Men and women experience the internet differently. Women experience a more gendered, sexualized and stereotypical internet where there is more judgement than encouragement, particularly...

SERIES: Parliamentary Elections 2024 – Where have all the women gone?

As Sri Lanka prepares to elect parliament representatives, women candidates are conspicuous by their absence The main political parties in Sri Lanka, the UNP, UPFA/SLFP,...
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CIR x SHE Digital: Part 1

“Although we speak proudly about democracy in this country, there is very little democracy inside our political parties,” says...

Holding Sri Lanka’s remand prisoners from voting  

By Sanuj Hathurusinghe Sri Lanka’s lack of an advance voting system will deprive over 20,000 remanded prisoners from voting in...

Hate speech, sexualisation, and misinformation: New battles for women politicians

“Even if we use powder, we’re humiliated on Facebook,” says Ananthy Sasitharan, an Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) politician. In...

A Grave Matter Beyond a watery Meme

BY Buddhika Samaraweera Every monsoon season, the people of Ratnapura city and surrounding areas brace themselves for the inevitable: flooding....

 ‘පඩි කපන කොළ’ නිසා ඡන්ද අයිතිය අහිමි වන ලක්ෂයකට ආසන්න ඇඟලුම් සේවිකාවෝ

රදිකා ගුණරත්න    ‘‘අවුරුදු 15 කට විතර කලින්, මම ගමේ ස්ථිර පදිංචිය නෑ කියල ග්‍රාම සේවක මහත්තයා ඡන්ද හිමි නාම...

All eyes on the game: How horse race journalism impacts elections 

By Pamodi Waravita COLOMBO – As millions of Sri Lankans wait to cast their vote in the first election since...