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A man, a magistrate and 220 intimates: A reflection of the HIV response in Sri Lanka

Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters, courtesy Council on Foreign Relations blog 2012: A man dies of AIDS in prison. A magistrate orders...

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Buddha wept as we beat our women

54% of adolescent girls in Sri Lanka feel that a husband is justified in beating his wife. The UNICEF Global...

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World AIDS Day is passed. Let’s begin forgetting again.

This was the first World AIDS Day I chose to ignore. The first World AIDS Day that I tried to...

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Are there really gay Sri Lankans?

As I write this, friends and people I have worked with, are living in fear. In truth, since Saturday before...

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Living with HIV in Sri Lanka: Reflections from ICAAP10 in Busan, Korea

World AIDS Day, 2010, One Voice – SARYN We were in Busan, Korea last week, where S, a young man living...

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These Sri Lankan whores! Serve them right!

Name and shame the whores that act in pornographic films online. Their seedy grainy stuck-between-teeth pictures plastered across newspapers will...

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About Groundviews

Located at the Centre for Policy Alternatives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Groundviews is a citizen journalism website that uses a range of genres and media to highlight critical perspectives on governance, reconciliation, human rights, the arts and literature, democracy and other issues. The site has won two international awards, including the prestigious Manthan Award South Asia in 2009. The grand jury's evaluation of the site noted, "What no media dares to report, Groundviews publicly exposes. It's a new age media for a new Sri Lanka... Free media at it's very best!"

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