Author: Nedha de Silva

Colombo, Districts, Economy, Pandemic, Poverty

Time to Dismantle Structures of Inequality

Today is International Day for Poverty Alleviation Sunila is a single mother living in a remote village in southern Sri Lanka with her three children. She occupies a dilapidated house and earns…

Nedha de Silva on 10/17/202110/17/2021

Colombo, Economy, Politics and Governance

Rural Women Demand Relief from the Vicious Cycle of Debt

Saumya is a mother of two from Polonnaruwa who has taken a loan of Rs. 200,000 from a well-established microfinance company in the region to start a small apparel business to make…

Nedha de Silva on 04/03/202104/05/2021