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Rising Representation, Rising Abuse: The Digital Battle Faced by Sri Lanka’s Women Politicians

By Shreen Abdul Saroor and Nabeela Iqbal The 2024 parliamentary and local authority elections in Sri Lanka marked a notable shift...

From War to Weather: Tamil Women in Sri Lanka Confront a New Crisis

The island nation's north saw the last phase of a brutal civil war. As war widows and mothers of...

CIR and SCOPE host workshop for women journalists on GBV

The Centre for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and Strengthening Social Cohesion and Peace in Sri Lanka (SCOPE) recently hosted a...

GBV and Women’s Political Participation – A Workshop for Women Journalists

‘Towards New and Inclusive Narratives,’ a workshop on GBV and women’s political participation organized by the Center for Investigative...

Women are expected to know their place in society and to challenge this is to become targets of hate – Ambika Satkulanathan

Young women are becoming more active in public life. They are taking up issues that are not highlighted in...

To restore faith in news, journalists must start doing their job with a sense of professionalism – Hana Ibrahim

Social media is the new source of information for many people today. The information may not be verified and hence...

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...

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...

 ‘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...

Ten female journalists undergo training in digital dictatorship, online threats and political representation

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) successfully conducted a residential training for 10 female journalists on digital dictatorship, online...

CIR Fellowships on Digital Dictatorship, Online Threats, and Women’s Political Representation

Call for Applications For women everywhere, the cost of doing politics is steep. The existing challenges have increased with the...