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Voluntary action

General Strike In Sri Lanka Today Demanding President Rajapaksa to Step Down

A general strike, or hartal is underway across Sri Lanka since this morning. Shops have not opened since the morning and black flags have...

OWSA Contributor - 6 May 2022

Accountability

In Sri Lanka, Things Fall Apart

Although the protesters are now demanding that the whole Rajapaksa family pack their bags and quit, the main target quite rightly is President Gotabaya....

Inter Press Service - 5 May 2022

News

UN, Red Cross Communication Approaches in Ukraine Offer Study in Contrast

The Red Cross and the United Nations seem to have opted for different communication strategies about the life saving operation the two organisations have...

OWSA Contributor - 2 May 2022

Accountability

Years of Policy Failure and COVID Throw Sri Lanka Into Deep Crisis

Sri Lanka is collapsing and its economy is at a tipping point. The country is witnessing one of the worst economic and political crises...

East Asia Forum - 26 April 2022

Empowerment

What One Radio Show And One Strong Woman Can Do

Ramkali Mahato, a young woman leader from Nepal’s Terrai plains, uses her position of leadership to speak out against domestic violence in a community...

OWSA Contributor - 26 April 2022

Clean tech

Stonewalling Occupational Health Concerns of Agate Stone Workers

Workers of Gujarat’s agate industry continue to inhale silica dust – and dying painful deaths. But there has been little action from the government...

OWSA Contributor - 25 April 2022

Accountability

Yesterday’s Cronies Turn Against Rajpaksas – Top Sri Lankan Businesses Stand By Protestors, Call for Solutions, Stability

How times change! Sri Lanka’s big business houses, that hitherto took a moral high apolitical ground, are now speaking for change. Even those alleged...

OWSA Contributor - 24 April 2022

Accountability