Reports
Bringing the Debate Back Home
Image via Maithripala.com We extend our sincere congratulations to President Maithripala Sirisena. After a decade of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lankans have decided to make a…
A Call for Accountability: Death of a Young Woman in Kilinochchi
On November 28, 2013 a pregnant mother from Malaiyalapuram North[1] (Malaiyalapuram) in Kilinochchi District died at Jaffna Teaching Hospital. She was 17 and 2/7 weeks…
Above the Law: Violations of Women’s Reproductive Rights in Northern Sri Lanka
Image courtesy The Social Architects This report, TSA’s fourth, outlines the findings of the organization’s September 2013 field mission on coercive contraception clinics in Kilinochchi…
Coercive Population Control in Kilinochchi
Photo courtesy The Social Architects [Editors note: Please read Above the Law: Violations of Women’s Reproductive Rights in Northern Sri Lanka by The Social Architects,…
Spot Fixing Sri Lanka Style: Revisiting the Enumeration of Vital Events
Image courtesy Thuppahi blog In November 2011, Sri Lanka’s Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, said that discovering how many civilians “died or went missing during the…
The Numbers Never Lie: A Comprehensive Assessment of Sri Lanka’s LLRC Progress
Download the report in full here, or view in inline here. ### Introduction Nearly four years since the end of the country’s civil war, Sri…
The Numbers Never Lie: A Quick Look at Sri Lanka’s LLRC Progress
The administration of President Mahinda Rajapaksa won the ethnic war, but Sri Lanka’s protracted conflict is more alive than ever. There is a lot of…
Giving reconciliation in Sri Lanka a better chance: A Shadow Action Plan for the LLRC
Image courtesy Centre for Human Rights The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Final Report contains many positive recommendations which merit immediate attention. Unfortunately, the…
Troubled Waters: Corruption and Human Trafficking in Post-war Sri Lanka
Photo courtesy Herald Sun Introduction Australia has recently been dealing with an upsurge of asylum seekers who have traveled by boat from elsewhere in Asia.…
News & Events
Bridging Generations: Conversations Between Today’s Leaders and Tomorrow’s Visionaries
Commitment towards forward-thinking and participatory democracy, The Social Architects (TSA) successfully concluded the program, “Bridging Generations: Conversations Between Today’s Leaders and Tomorrow’s Visionaries,” from July…...[ Read More ]
Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through the Samooha Murthikaruwo(சமூகමූර්තිකරුවෝ) Cooperative Societies of The Social Architects
Over the past few years, the social architects have been galvanizing grassroots communities in Sri Lanka to promote social justice, resulting in the establishment of…...[ Read More ]
Powering Change through Sri Lanka’s RTI Act at the Grassroots: Empowering Voices for Transparency and Accountability:
Social activists representing 57 villages across 10 districts converged in Hatton to deliberate on the use of the Right to Information (RTI) Act for safeguarding…...[ Read More ]
Voices Unleashed: Social Justice Koodams Sparking Change at the Grassroots in Post-War Sri Lanka
TSA began conceptualizing the Social Justice Koodams/Cooperatives (SJCs) in 2018-19 when Sri Lanka was grappling with a decade-long post-war socio-economic and political challenges. The COVID-19…...[ Read More ]
History in the making: Children Prioritizing Democracy
Children’s Shadow Predeshya Sabhas is an initiative of TSA named “Sprouts of Democracy,” whichwitnessed the first ever Children’s Shadow Pradeshiya Sabhas(CSPS) in Sri Lanka. The…...[ Read More ]