The study examines the psychological impact of employment and living circumstances of the women workers in Rathmalana, Katunayake, Biyagama, Koggala and Pallekele. In relation to their employment, high work pressure exacerbated somatic and depressive symptom levels, with lack of autonomy…

The book describes the emergence and the institutionalization of political violence in Southern Sri Lanka, and the dynamics of the extensive waves of political violence in that region in the late 1980s. It deals with both the processes of violence…

This book is an attempt to retrieve the hidden agenda of the many women in history. It discusses women’s activism and political aims, dearth of women’s participation in mainstream Sri Lankan politics and documents their active involvement in alternative political…

The book reveals through detailed interviews that despite socio-cultural and economic differences, and in the face of inter caste conflicts there is a common theme of gender suffering that tragically permeates the lives of women. Forms of gender suffering which…

Rubber plantation labour remained insignificant in national politics in comparison to the Tea industry, thus remained largely unresearched. It also seeks to identify gender specific conditions of work that are specific to women plantation workers.

The publication is an attempt to put together some thoughts that have emerged over the years. The first section deals with theories of feminism and the second and third sections deals with theories and their general contradictions in the application…