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According to the CIVICUS Monitor, a monitoring system which evaluates the state of civil society freedoms in all countries, Sri Lanka has been considered a “repressed” state since December 2023. This ranking places it one rung above “closed”. Now, four months into the new leadership of President Dissanayake, continued harassment, intimidation, and unlawful behaviour towards human rights defenders (HRDs) persists.

The climate crisis is recognized as a global crisis – the disastrous consequences of humanity’s collective global capitalistic system. Record-high temperatures, unpredictable weather, flash floods, wildfires, and excessive carbon emissions threaten the future of the natural world. This is a topic that has been thoroughly deconstructed and well-researched by journalists and environmental scientists who have

“The macho image is nothing more than a front. Why are people still so fond of seeing a man showboat his being a man? Women have more balls, with nothing but powerful statements and bold actions. #BabaeAko”[i] – Wondermore, @Wmore, May 28, 2018, Tweet This blog was originally posted as a three-part series for the

“They attack your physicality, your sexuality. When you are denigrated, and stripped of dignity in this way, how can you maintain your credibility?”[i] – Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2021, CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler This blog was originally posted as a three-part series for the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) and

This blog was originally posted as a three-part series for the Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) and was reposted with permission. Access part 1, part 2, and part 3 of the original blog series by clicking on the hyperlinks. TRIGGER WARNING: Violence, sexual abuse With nearly 74 million Internet users (67.0% of the Philippine population)

Ce matin, en me levant, les yeux en plein duel contre la lumière de l’écran de mon iPhone, j’ai fait défiler le fil d’actualité Facebook en mode automatique.   Faits saillants : mon amie du secondaire a ouvert son centre d’extension de cils. Pour 150$, elle peut vous rallonger les cils et vous faire une mini-injection

Le 21 avril dernier, aux petites heures du matin, nous sommes arrivées à Negombo, au Sri Lanka, Jenny Doucet-Murray et moi, pour commencer un stage dans le cadre du Programme de stages internationaux pour les jeunes (PSIJ). Vers 8h45 ce matin-là, des attentats quasi simultanés avaient lieu, en pleine messe de Pâques, dans trois églises