(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for - The Sunday Morning - a Sri Lankan national print newspaper and an edited version was published on bakamoono.lk a Sri Lankan Relationship Education website)Last week, I was in Kathmandu at the CREA Reconference 2019 where I was privileged to present some of the work we have been doing ...

(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for - The Sunday Morning - a Sri Lankan national print newspaper)Last week, I had the privilege to join four incredible (and well known!) performers to act in one of the skits staged as part of “V Day 2019: Colombo 7”. Ashini Fernando, Pia Hatch, Tracy Jayasinghe, Lihan Mendis, and ...

(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for - The Sunday Morning - a Sri Lankan national print newspaper. It was then republished on bakamoono.lk, a Sri Lankan Relationship Education Site under 'Insights')Last week, I moderated a panel on female empowerment – not uncommon in my line of work. It was a beautiful event that comprised a ...

(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for - The Sunday Morning - a Sri Lankan national print newspaper)Last week, I wrote about the origins of International Women’s Day and why I feel we need to reflect a little deeper on what we mean when we refer to the concept of “work”. While I pontificated and wrote, ...

(This piece first appeared as part of a weekly column for - The Sunday Morning - a Sri Lankan national print newspaper. It was then republished on bakamoono.lk, a Sri Lankan Relationship Education Site under 'Insights')It is a true pleasure and honour to begin penning this column for The Sunday Morning, discussing issues related to feminism and gender. And what ...

Link to the original publication can be found here I realized quickly after my first burnout that one part of self-care for myself needed to include staying away social media, email, and the internet. To refresh. I didn’t understand it as an act of self-care at the time, and it certainly wasn’t the buzzword it has become today. I just ...

Link to the original publication can be found here Fourth months ago, a friend of mine — let’s call her “A” — received a strange Facebook message from another friend. Had she messaged him on Tinder? he asked. The user of a profile featuring her name and image been intent on discussing a nude photo shoot she had supposedly done ...

Uber seems to be no stranger to the issue of harassment perpetrated by their drivers – in April of this year CNN reported that there are 103 Uber drivers in the U.S. who have been accused of sexually assaulting or abusing their passengers in the past four years and least 31 drivers have been convicted for crimes ranging from forcible ...

Image Courtesy Alastair MooreI spent last Friday with one eye glued to the news, heart in mouth and palms sweating. I scrolled through videos and images of Irish women on the streets their voices and pain refusing to be silenced, feeling a sense of real solidarity. Online I saw feminist friends from across South Asia and the world expressing their ...

(Note: A big part of the conversation on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sri Lanka (and indeed globally) is the one on the legalization of and safe access to abortion - also sometimes known as the pro-life vs pro-choice debate. This 3-part series on the topic was written exclusively for bakamoono.lk and was first published on the site. ...

(Note: A big part of the conversation on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sri Lanka (and indeed globally) is the one on the legalization of and safe access to abortion - also sometimes known as the pro-life vs pro-choice debate. This 3-part series on the topic was written exclusively for bakamoono.lk and was first published on the site. ...

(Note: A big part of the conversation on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sri Lanka (and indeed globally) is the one on the legalization of and safe access to abortion - also sometimes known as the pro-life vs pro-choice debate. This 3-part series on the topic was written exclusively for bakamoono.lk and was first published on the site. ...

(I was invited to write this piece by the International Federation of Journalists (Asia Pacific) who along with the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN)launched a special capsule report Media's #MeToo Moment which shines the spotlight on sexual harassment at media workplaces in South Asia. This capsule report was launched ahead of the release of the 16th edition of the ...

(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I write for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)Image Courtesy HuffPost UKIn September last year, two young Sri Lankan women were subject to cyber bullying after cosplaying Wonder Woman at the recently held Lanka Comic Con. The news spread widely through ...

(This piece first appeared on bakamoono.lk, a Sri Lankan Relationship Education Site under 'Insights')Another Christmas has come and gone, and with it the flurry of gift giving, giving me a chance to reflect on the challenges I faced this year in that regard. It was a first-hand, sharp, and startling reality check that despite the year being 2017, gendered norms ...

As I write this week’s piece I glance out of the window not to my usual Colombo view, but instead to the sweltering heat that is Chennai in the summer. Spending the last week in India has made me reflect on my last visit here, which was spent in Delhi in the middle of winter. I came to Delhi as ...

(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)A friend of mine – A* had someone impersonate her on a popular networking app a few days ago. She was alerted by someone who messaged her on Facebook asking if she ...

(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)A few weeks ago – bakamoono.lk released a report entitled ‘800 Odd Criminals: Watching Porn in Sri Lanka’. This report displayed the results from a survey they conducted that asked over 800 ...

Bill O’Reilly’s reign as the top-rated host in cable news came to an abrupt and embarrassing end on Wednesday as Fox News forced him out after the disclosure of a series of sexual harassment allegations against him and an internal investigation that turned up even more. Mr. O’Reilly and his employers came under intense pressure after an article by The ...

(This piece first appeared for a fortnightly column entitled 'The F Word: Lets Talk Feminism and Gender' that I am writing for The Weekend Express of News Express Ltd)Two advertisements on shared on social media channels caught my attention this week. They were from two different brands, two different industries and had two different types of messaging. One was a ...