Period Poverty in Sri Lanka

โ€œMeeting the hygiene needs of all adolescent girls is a fundamental issue of human rights, dignity, and public healthโ€-Sanjay Wijesekera, former UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene- โ€˜Menstruationโ€™ is a taboo topic which is rarely ever discussed publicly and freely and categorized by cultural stigma and shame across the globe. Menstruation, or period is …

Impacts of Menstrual Products on the Environment

Menstruation being a part of life for around 1.9 billion girls and women, menstrual products are amongst the most vital personal care products in the world. During menstruation, menstrual management products are used for feminine hygiene. Were you aware that an individual utilizes approximately 11,000 disposable sanitary pads in a lifetime? Even though we see …

Conclusion: Policy Lessons to Fight against Covid-19

New Zealandโ€™s successful management of the pandemic despite an under-resourced healthcare system confers valuable policy lessons for other countries too. Foremost among these is evidence that, particularly for small island countries with limited healthcare capacity, rapid and extensive border closures can be highly efficacious in stemming imported cases of COVID-19 and reducing overall caseload. Island …

Sri Lankaโ€™s legal policy battle with Covid-19: Examples set and Lessons learnt

Covid-19, initially a health crisis has easily and increasingly become a looming socio-economic crisis across the globe. In such context, Sri Lanka too has been facing immense difficulties, especially in todayโ€™s unprecedented circumstances where the public has been forced to step out in the streets demanding basic needs.  The Sri Lankan government, under the Quarantine …

How not to do it: Brazilโ€™s disastrous response to the pandemic

The Brazilians, the largest nation in Latin America have been greatly affected by the corona virus. Although Brazil has taken various measures to prevent the spread of the corona virus, the government intervention has been rather week. Neither one of the four ministers holding power in the Brazilian Ministry of Health since the Covid-19 outbreak …

Legal Policies that brought New Zealand to the forefront of the World during the Pandemic

With the first case reported from the Wuhan area of China in December 2019, the world was gripped by the fears of a virus known Covid-19 or corona. New Zealand is currently one of the first countries in the world to have successfully controlled the corona virus. The first Covid infection case was reported in …

Introduction: Policy Responses to Fight against Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the most compelling and challenging wicked problems which pushed all the governments nearly equally to the verge of a cliff. It has presented an almost unprecedented challenge to public healthcare system around the world.After the first confirmed patient reported in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019, the …

เท€เทเถฉเถšเถปเถฑ เถขเถฑเถญเทเท€เถœเทš เถ…เถบเท’เถญเท“เถฑเทŠ เทƒเท”เถปเถšเทŠเท‚เท’เถญ เถšเถปเถธเท”.

เทเทŠโ€เถปเถธเถบ เทƒเท–เถปเทเถšเทเถธเถง เถ‘เถปเท™เท„เท’เท€ เถšเถธเทŠเถšเถปเท” เถ…เถบเท’เถญเท“เถฑเทŠ เถดเท’เท…เท’เถถเถณ เถขเทเถญเทŠโ€เถบเถฑเทŠเถญเถป เทƒเถธเทŠเถธเท–เถญเท“เถฑเทŠ เท„เถปเท„เท เถšเถธเทŠเถšเถปเท” เถดเทŠโ€เถปเถขเทเท€ เถ†เถปเถšเทŠเท‚เท เถšเถปเถœเทเถฑเท“เถธเทš เถ…เถฏเท„เทƒ 19เท€เถฑ เทเถญเท€เถปเทŠเท‚เถบเทš เถธเท”เถฝเทŠเถšเทเถฝ เท€เถšเท€เทเถฑเท”เท€เทš เถดเถธเถซ เถˆเถญ เถšเทเถฝ เถดเถปเท’เถ เทŠเถกเทšเถฏเถบเถš เถšเถฎเท’เถšเทเท€เถง เถทเทเถขเถฑเถบ เท€เท“เถธ เถ†เถปเถธเทŠเถท เท€เท“ เท€เถปเทŠเถญเถธเทเถฑเถบ เถฏเถšเทŠเท€เทเถธ เทƒเถธเทเถขเถบ เถญเท”เท… เถดเท€เท เถฑเทœเถฑเทเท€เถญเท“ เทƒเทเถšเถ เทŠเถกเทเท€เถง เถฝเถšเทŠเท€เถฑ เถšเทเถฝเท“เถฑ เถธเทเถญเท˜เถšเทเท€เถšเท’.เถขเทเถญเทŠโ€เถบเถฑเทŠเถญเถป เถœเท’เท€เท’เทƒเท”เถธเทŠ เท„เท เถฑเท›เถญเท’เถš เถดเทŠโ€เถปเถญเท’เถดเทเถฏเถฑ เท„เถปเท„เท เถšเถธเทŠเถšเถปเท”เท€เถฑเทŠเถœเทš เถญเถญเทŠเถญเทŠเท€เถบ เท€เถปเทŠเถฐเถฑเถบ เถšเท’เถปเท“เถธ เถดเท’เท…เท’เถถเถณ เถ…เถฏเท„เทƒ เถดเท…เถธเท” เถฝเทเถš เถบเท”เถฐ เทƒเถธเถบเทšเถฏเท“ เท€เถฉเทเถญเทŠ เถ‰เถฏเท’เถปเท’เถบเถง เถœเถธเถฑเทŠ …

เทƒเถธเถถเถป เถขเท“เท€เท’เถญเถบเถšเถง เถšเทŠโ€เถปเท“เถฉเทเท€เท™เถฑเทŠ เถดเถฑเทŠเถฑเถปเถบเถšเทŠ

1. เถดเท’เถบเท”เถธเท’เถšเท เท€เท’เถขเทšเทƒเท’เถ‚เท„ เถธเท„เถญเทŠเถธเท’เถบ เถ”เถถ เถšเท€เท”เถฏ ? เถ”เถถ เถœเทเถฑ เถšเท™เถงเท’เถบเท™เถฑเทŠ  เท„เทเถฏเท’เถฑเทŠเท€เท“เถธเถšเทŠ เทƒเท’เถฏเท” เถšเถปเถฑเทŠเถฑเทš เถฑเถธเทŠ ? เถšเทœเท…เถน เท€เท’เทเทเถ›เท เท€เท’เถฏเทŠโ€เถบเทเถฝเถบเท™เถฑเทŠ เท€เทƒเถป 13เถšเทŠ เถดเท”เถปเทเท€เถง เทƒเท’เถดเทŠ เทƒเถญเถป เท„เถฏเทเถปเท 2015 เท€เถปเทŠเท‚เถบเทš เถšเทœเท…เถน เท€เท’เทเทŠเท€ เท€เท’เถฏเทŠโ€เถบเทเถฝเถบเทš เถฑเท“เถญเท’ เถดเท“เถจเถบเถง เถดเท’เถบ เถฑเทเถœเท“เถธเถง เถธเถธ เท€เถปเถธเทŠ เถฝเถถเถฑเท€เท. เถฑเท“เถญเท’ เถ‹เถดเทเถฐเท’เถบ 2018 เถ…เท€เทƒเถฑเทŠ เถšเท’เถปเท“เถธเท™เถฑเทŠ เถ…เถฑเถญเท”เถปเท”เท€ เถšเทœเท…เถน เถฑเท“เถญเท’ เท€เท’เถฏเทŠโ€เถบเทเถฝเถบเทš เถ…เท€เทƒเถฑเทŠ เท€เทƒเถป เท€เท’เถทเทเถœเถบเถง เถธเท”เท„เท”เถซ เถฏเท“ เถ‘เถบ เทƒเทเถปเทŠเถฎเถšเท€ เถ…เท€เทƒเถฑเทŠ เถšเถป  2020 …

Legislative schemes for a sustainable urban future with wetlands and wildlife

โ€œUrban Legendsโ€ initiated by the Rotaract Club of Faculty of Law, University of Colombo is a step taken towards raising awareness of the common responsibility bestowed on Humanity in preserving the Mother Nature. The special focus in project has been to strengthen peopleโ€™s contribution towards conserving diverse urban wetlands and Wildlife, by circulating information about …

International and Domestic Law Frameworks Enforcing Urban Wetland Wildlife Conservation

The wetlands, which are known as the heart of the world, are unquestionably accepted as a very unique environmental theme with great value. Being wetlands are a great ecosystem, which benefits animals, plants as well as humans, various measures have been taken to protect these on both national and international level. The RAMSAR Convention which …

Sustainable livelihood development in and around the urban wetlands of Sri Lanka

In the case of Sri Lanka, wetlands are highly valued and currently 36,900 wetlands have been identified in the country. The urban / industrial wetlands can be identified under the category of man-made or artificial wetlands under the classification of wetlands. It is a great achievement for us to have the city of Colombo named …