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Author: Ama Koralage

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Colombo, Healthcare, Youth

Coping with Mental Health Challenges in the Digital Age

As technology continues to evolve, young people increasingly turn to digital devices to navigate everyday life. While these tools have transformed communication, education and entertainment, they also contribute to the mental health…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 10/10/202410/10/2024
Colombo, Elections, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Challenges in Ensuring Free, Fair and Peaceful Elections

Incidents of election violence escalated significantly in September, culminating in a murder and a potential second incident. Ninety six violations were recorded on September 15 alone. Arson, assault, threats and the misuse…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 09/20/202409/20/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Search for the Disappeared: Struggle, Recovery, Resolve

As news of a mass grave breaks on television in a household in the North, its residents, a family of the disappeared, try to find ways of coping with this information. A…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/31/202409/03/2024
Colombo, Human Rights, International, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, War Crimes

Seventy Five Years of the Geneva Conventions

In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Groundviews conducted an in depth interview with Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, a distinguished human rights lawyer and former UN Under-Secretary-General. Dr. Coomaraswamy, renowned…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/12/2024
Colombo, Culture, Development, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Celebrating the Adivasi of Sri Lanka

The Adivasi, historically known as the Veddas, are considered the indigenous people of Sri Lanka. They have lived on the island for millennia, maintaining a distinct ethnic identity and a way of…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/09/2024
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation

Meta-Real: Provoking Thought on Reconciliation, Healing and Change

Prof. Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s annual memorial exhibition to commemorate Black July is showing at the Saskia Fernando gallery. serves as a link between past and present, providing a reflective examination of Sri Lanka’s…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 07/23/202407/26/2024
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture

Hashan Cooray’s Dystopia: Hope, Justice, Peace and Good Lives

In his exhibition at the Saskia Fernando Gallery, Hashan Cooray explores societal and political challenges through a metaphorical lens. It features paintings and two installations that confront the complex relationship between an…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 07/16/202407/16/2024
Colombo, Moving Images, Peace and Conflict

Exploring the Multicultural Nature of Sri Lanka’s Artistic Heritage

The Tamil musician, Rex Periyasamy, stands as a towering figure in the Sinhala film industry, leading it to new heights with his musical compositions. In the midst of his flourishing career, Rex…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 07/09/2024
Elections, Gender, Politics and Governance

Empowering Women in Politics: A Catalyst for Change

Photo Courtesy of Verite Research Sri Lanka’s women are literate and well educated with a 92.3 percent literacy rate and 1.4 female students for every one male student enrolled in tertiary education….

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 06/30/2024
Colombo, Culture, Gender, Media and Communications

A Mural for Women Journalists from the Fearless Collective

Although Sri Lanka has had its fair share of women editors and journalists for many decades, some who ventured into areas of conflict around the country, the image of a journalist is…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 04/25/202404/25/2024
Batticaloa, Farming & Agriculture, Human Rights, Human Security, Politics and Governance

Batticaloa Dairy Farmers Face Violence and Threats over Grazing Land

Batticaloa cattle farmers protesting against the encroachment of outsiders into their grazing land have faced physical attacks and threats as tensions escalated. Their cows have been killed and land set on fire….

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 10/09/202310/09/2023
Advocacy, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance, Youth

Building a Future: the Young People who Chose to Stay

Last year saw a record number of passports issued – nearly 875,000; they were not for people going on holiday but for workers escaping an economic meltdown and an unstable future. According…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/12/202308/12/2023
Anuradhapura, Development, Economy, Human Rights, justice, Politics and Governance

Tracing Roots and Winning Rights: the March of the Malaiyaha Tamil Community

Two hundred years ago, the first groups of women and men were brought from southern India by the British colonial rulers to Sri Lanka to work in the hill country plantations. They…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 08/11/202308/18/2023
Colombo, Human Rights, Identity, Longing and Belonging, Politics and Governance

Pride Month Gives a Voice to the LGBTQ+ Community

The act of resistance gave rise to Pride. However, repression continues to be a reality wherever Pride is held. Even in places where legal equality has been accomplished and visibility is celebrated,…

Ama Koralage Ama Koralage on 06/28/202311/07/2023

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