All posts tagged "Featured"
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50The 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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566EducationLISMUN 2016 – The Journey Beyond Diplomacy
Setting the Context Model UN has seen a rapid growth over the past few years in Sri Lanka, with more students venturing...
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557Dev Diaries SLJaffna 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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874EducationSri 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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844FeaturedSri 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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787Dev Diaries SLLessons 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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687Dev 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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1.0KInternationalTrump 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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651Dev Diaries SLGetting 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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589AustraliaAustralia 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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808EconomicsAn 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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761InternationalA 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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1.1KResearchSri 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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1.1KInternationalBlockchain 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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880Australia#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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9083InternationalHillary 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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6331Environment#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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5.9K2Environment#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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487AustraliaWelfare 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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579AustraliaEnvironment 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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532AustraliaEthnocultural 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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7662Environment#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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564AustraliaEducation 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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558AustraliaWomen’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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1.8K2EnvironmentYes, 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...