All posts tagged "Featured"
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5.8KThe PearlSri Lanka’s Unity Government getting back to the business of Governance?
Suddenly it seems to have quit trying to make everyone happy. But can it sustain its momentum or will it just be...
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Dev Diaries SL
Jaffna Reluctant to Take Part in Reconciliation Process
Setting the Context The Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) released the Consultation Task Force (CTF) final report on reconciliation mechanisms. The...
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Education
Sri Lanka’s Medical Education system is failing to keep up with the world
Education should be the right of all humans irrespective of their background, regardless if it's “free” or paid for.
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Featured
Sri Lanka and the 2016 Global Terrorism Index: Too early to celebrate
Sri Lanka improves its rank on the 2016 Global Terrorism Index, but further progress needs to be made.
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Dev Diaries SL
Lessons Learnt & a unique Sri Lankan Transitional Justice mechanism
Lessons learnt from other states must be applied in a unique manner that fits the Sri Lankan context. One size doesn't fit...
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2.5KDev Diaries SLDoes Racism start with seeing some people as “just another”?
When you look at someone and you see not the individual, but their race, there is an issue. The individual is "just...
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International
Trump is President: It is not about data, it’s about dignity
Data said he couldn't win. But the lose of dignity felt by the American workers, meant that a populist wave beat the...
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Dev Diaries SL
Getting Sri Lanka’s Communalism right is essential to Reconciliation
Sri Lanka's Communalism - pride of one's ethnic/religious community - has been derided, but that carries costs for reconciliation
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Australia
Australia Trump-ed means Vigilance amidst a Grim Future
The election of Donald Trump has set a dangerous precedent for all democratic governments. How will his election affect Australia?
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Economics
An Introduction to the Trump Dynasty
Triumphant Trump trumps over Clinton in Historical U.S Presidential Election Donald J Trump – President Elect and soon to be the 45th...
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2.5KInternationalA Sri Lankan Campaign Strategy – the secret behind Trump’s Victory!
This article draws two scary parallels between the recent US elections and two national elections in Sri Lanka.
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Research
Sri Lanka’s legal definition of Rape is too narrow – Here’s a way to fix it
The past few years have proved not just a legal, but also a social necessity to improve the legal definition of rape...
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International
Blockchain Technology – revolutionary, for better or for worse ?
It might be the biggest change to the money system since banks sprang up. But such a revolution could be for greater...
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Australia
#PearlTravelogue: Here’s why you should suggest Sri Lanka instead of Bali
I'll start off saying this article may be slightly biased; because I'm writing this from the balcony of my guesthouse in Mirissa,...
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International
Hillary as President is no breakthrough for female politicians internationally
There are and have been quite a number of powerful female politicians worldwide. She just helps USA catch up with the rest.
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4.8K1Environment#APAN2016 – Day 3 – Missing Women, Glacial Progress & Hesitant Discussions
The APAN forum ended on the 19th of Oct, & a few days really allows one to take stock of the actual...
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37.0K2Environment#APAN2016 – Day 2 – A lost opportunity to discuss damage and losses
The issue of ‘damages and losses’, a concern rarely highlighted when discussing climate change, was put forward early on at the conference....
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Australia
Welfare Policies – UNSW SRC Election 2016
A pattern which we were able to identify through every policy proposal was the lack of comprehensive guidelines on achieving the proposals....
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Australia
Environment Policies – UNSW SRC Elections
It’s time for the annual SRC elections! The time were you get to have a two minute conversation with a party who...
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2.2KAustraliaEthnocultural Policy – UNSW SRC Election 2016
Ethnocultural Policies can seem relevant to many of us, studying at UNSW. I have met many new people from various backgrounds since...
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2.1K2Environment#APAN2016 – Day 1 – Adaptation & Maladaptation to Climate Change
The opening session on living under 2˚C” was most encouragingly a very frank discussion of the realities of climate change.
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1.7KAustraliaEducation Policy- UNSW SRC Election 2016
Education Today we will conduct an in-depth analysis of the education policies presented by Activate, Ignite and Left Action, three student groups at...
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1.7KAustraliaWomen’s Policy – UNSW SRC Election 2016
Proposals to elevate Women’s Wellbeing for 2017, was released in preparation of the upcoming SRC election. These policies have long been overshadowed...
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8.1K2EnvironmentYes, Sri Lanka is hosting a Climate Change Adaptation Forum!
UNEP & GoSL are organising the 5th Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum in Colombo starting today. But most of us didn't...
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4.2K1AustraliaTrimesters Explained
Trimester vs. Semester talk has been buzzing around UNSW for the past few weeks, yet very few members of the student body...