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Advocacy, Colombo, Disabilities, Education, Human Rights, Politics and Governance

Mainstreaming Education for Children with Disabilities

Despite having a high literacy rate, free education and good humanitarian development indicators, Sri Lankan society’s attitudes towards the disabled are still mired in the past although the country has 1.4 million…

Isuru Sampath Tennakoon and Lakmi Imasha Godakanda Isuru Sampath Tennakoon and Lakmi Imasha Godakanda on 12/03/202212/03/2022
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Culture, Disabilities, Human Rights, IDPs and Refugees, Longing and Belonging, Peace and Conflict, Post-War, Reconciliation

Atrocities of the Civil War Through the Eyes of Artists

A common theme running through this year’s Colomboscope, entitled Language is Migrant, is the enduring consequences of Sri Lanka’s civil war as seen through the eyes of several young artists based in…

Groundviews Groundviews on 01/28/202201/28/2022
Advocacy, Colombo, Disabilities, Language

Learning Sri Lankan Sign Language

Raise your right hand (or your left if you are left-handed), with the palm facing forward and the fingers spread out. Now form an O with your thumb and your middle finger…

Michael Meyler Michael Meyler on 09/02/202109/02/2021
Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights

Disabled Rights as Human Rights – Fighting for Recognition and Acceptance

Not so long ago, to be a person with disabilities meant stigma, exclusion and isolation because people are disabled by society and not just by their bodies. But as the number of…

Minoli de Soysa Minoli de Soysa on 04/19/202104/19/2021
Advocacy, Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights, Issues

The Strength of Disability

To mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities, Groundviews interviewed Dharini de Mel, a friend and philanthropist for persons with disabilities. Dharini’s introduction to supporting the disabled came quite by chance. Although…

Ayudhya Gajanayake Ayudhya Gajanayake on 12/03/202012/04/2020
Disabilities, Human Security, Peace and Conflict, Photos, Post-War

Traces of War on Their Bodies

These are the stories of people whose daily struggles come from witnessing and being trapped in the middle of a war that lasted three decades, who think that it would have been…

Maatram Maatram on 08/06/201908/06/2019
Disabilities, Issues

Sri Lankan Airlines – No friend to wheelchair users

Following an injury, J was given medical advice to minimise the time he spent on his feet, as he was due to travel abroad. His doctor recommended he use airport wheelchair services, and…

Shadrach F Shadrach F on 10/16/201610/16/2016
Colombo, Disabilities, Polonnaruwa

Taking back our temples!

Image courtesy Global Abilities blog To visit a place of worship seems such a natural thing to do to the extent that we rarely consider it in terms of entitlements. Yet for…

Fiona A Kumari Campbell Fiona A Kumari Campbell on 06/29/201206/27/2012
Arts and Theatre, Colombo, Disabilities, Music

changeABLE cohesion: Dance and disability

caught up with Gustavo Fijalkow, one of two (the other being Gerda König) responsible for the concept behind ‘changeABLE cohesion‘, a contemporary dance performance that will kick off the Colombo International Theater…

Groundviews Groundviews on 03/24/201203/23/2012
Disabilities, Districts, Media and Communications

The rights of the disabled: Forgotten and forsaken?

Of the more than 6 billion people in the world, the UN estimates that more than 500 million of them are disabled. That is approximately 8%. In the early 1900s and before,…

Nishika Fonseka Nishika Fonseka on 12/12/200912/09/2009
Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights

The rights of the disabled in Sri Lanka: Marginal or mainstream?

As part of our video series for human rights day 2009 (falling on 10 December), sought to focus attention on disability and the rights of the disabled in our country. Sunethra speaks…

Groundviews Groundviews on 12/11/2009
Disabilities, Human Rights, Human Security, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

The duty to talk loudly about Police Reforms

Police Reform was the theme of a discussion organised by the Commonwealth Initiative in Delhi last week. Among the participants were senior police officers from South Asian countries including a few who…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 11/05/2009
Colombo, Disabilities, Human Rights, Media and Communications, War Crimes

We, The Spectator State

A young boy was drowned in broad daylight this week. Though not a single newspaper carried it, I’m told B. Sivakumaran was his name. He was “believed” to be mentally retarded and…

Marisa de Silva Marisa de Silva on 10/31/2009
Colombo, Disabilities

A different kind of theatre in Sri Lanka

, who were impressively skilful in their acting and physical performances that most of us would find cumbersome. What was immediately striking was that these productions were anchored to a vital issue…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/21/2009
Advocacy, Disabilities

Finally, disabled friendly buildings in Sri Lanka!

As reported in State media, on 14th October 2009, the Supreme Court ordered that public buildings to be constructed in the future should be easily accessible to disabled persons. The Court further…

Groundviews Groundviews on 10/19/200910/19/2009

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