Not too sure whether to laugh or cry..

On 24-28 September, the Global Tribunal of Women Workers hosted 73 women in a space dedicated to their lived realities. As we reflect, we also remind the world that the Tribunal has yet to end. Witness its conclusion on 9 October 2022. Register: bit.ly/GSWF2022Oct9 #GSWF2022

3 men who were inmates with me at Ward H, New Magazine Prison went home recently having been acquitted of all charges by the Colombo High Court. They spent 16 years behind bars as detainees and remand prisoners under the PTA. #RepealPTA #SriLanka

On a side note, the NSW amendment on Sexual Consent (brought into effect this year) is so brilliantly progressive. Such an impressive model of how rape laws should look, and a guide to what consent means generally. #lka has miles to go.

#SriLanka: Very shocking, repulsive remarks from an MP from #lka's ruling SLPP in the context of rape allegations facing cricketer #DanushkaGunathilaka. 'S.B. says ‘boys will be boys, don’t blame only Danushka' via The Morning themorning.lk/s-b-says-boys-…

Public Invitation - From 1st to 10th Dec, a FREE public event will take place at the Independence Arcade to raise awareness about Gender Based Violence. English, Sinhala, Tamil and Sign Language interpretations available. Please do come and participate in our effort to educate!

Meet the Top 8 Marine Polluting Companies in Sri Lanka These companies are responsible for 64% of all marine pollution found in the islands sea View full report on pearlprotectors.org/publications #BrandAudit #srilanka #BrandAudit2022 #plasticpollution #ocean #volunteer #marinepollution

Wow! Really excited to see my working paper on “algorithmic wage discrimination” make Vice!! Pay Algorithms Make Working in the Gig Economy Feel Like 'Gambling,' Study Says vice.com/en/article/dy7…

Another year, another IWD. Yet the MMDA continues to blatantly discriminate against Muslim women and girls in Sri Lanka. It is time for reform! Let’s get it done! #ReformMMDANow Ministry of Justice Sri Lanka M U M Ali Sabry Rauff Hakeem RW_LK Dinesh Gunawardena 🇱🇰

The state has a number of legal provisions at it's disposal to punish persons who say things that are perceived as offensive to a religion or belief. #lka Section 3 of the ICCPR Act is one of them. But to fall within the ambit of that section, there must be 'incitement'. 1/

Last week, I promised to live tweet the Duarte Agostinho hearing at the ECtHR - and set out the key reasons why this case is so exciting (and contested). Today I’ll be making good on my promise, starting right now!

Grand Chamber hearing Duarte in the case Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press?i=00… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

🇱🇰Sri Lanka: Today marks 14 years since Prageeth Eknaligoda, Sri Lankan journalist & cartoonist, was forcibly disappeared on 24 January 2010. His wife Sandya Eknaligoda Sandya Ekneligoda continues to be steadfast in her fight for truth & justice, seeking accountability for those

A proposed bill in #SriLanka mitigates sentences for offenders who are 22 or younger when in a relationship with adolescents between 14-16 years. This protects young men from punishment for statutory rape and overlooks power differentials in relationships. ssalanka.org/polity/undermi…

"the current amendments that seek to lower the age of consent for sex to 14, while not punishing men under the age of 22 found guilty of statutory rape is unacceptable." ssalanka.org/polity/undermi…

📢🎙️Coming soon! Ambika Satkunanathan (Ambika Satkunanathan), former commissioner of human rights for Sri Lanka, talks to Nayantara Narayanan about Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s challenge of reviving the economy and delivering on his promise for a clean culture of politics.