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International Conference on Sri Lanka Studies (ICSLS): Recent submissions

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Japanese Language Education in Sri Lanka: A critical analysis of the past, present and future

de Silva, U.I. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

After completing more than fifty years of diplomatic relations between Sri Lanka and Japan, Japan plays a crucial role in Sri Lankan economy, culture and education. Economic and cultural relations including trade and ...
Integrating ICT in foreign language teaching: A Sri Lankan experience

Premawardhena, N.S.; de Silva, C.H. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Foreign language learning has become increasingly popular in Sri Lanka during the past few decades. This study discusses the significant contribution ICT could make to foreign language teaching in Sri Lanka. Native ...
Aspects of intercultural communication in Foreign Language Teaching in Sri Lanka

Premawardhena, N.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Foreign language teaching in the present day strives to promote an intercultural approach to language teaching in order to create an awareness of the interplay between language and culture. It is noteworthy that there ...
Scope and Limits of Women’s Empowerment in Sri Lanka

Singh, P. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Large number of categories like cender, class, caste, ethnicity, elite and so on have often been used by social scientists to describe, analyze and understand the social reality (includes both realized and potential). ...
Gender Equity Interventions on Access in a Sri Lankan University

Bulumulle, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The university statistics reveal that women are well-represented in higher education (UGC Statistics Handbook 2001). It is noted that most women are enrolled in the Arts oriented disciplines while lowest percentages of ...
Gender Policy in Higher Education in Sri Lanka

Rasanayagam, Y. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Until recently University education in Sri Lanka continued to be a government monopoly. All Universities in Sri Lanka are government funded and except the Open University of Sri Lanka, depend on government grants for ...
Gender Equity in Higher Education in Sri Lanka: Beyond Access

Gunawardena, C. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The objectives of this paper are to (1) examine the progress made in ensuring women’s access to university education, and specifically, to different disciplines of study (2) analyse macro-level employment statistics as ...
A Curriculum for Women by Women: Curriculum Transformation at the University of Colombo

Gunawardhana, G. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Feminist scholars have been the driving force of curriculum transformation initiatives at the University of Colombo. While there has been neither national policy nor formal discussions initiated at the overall institutional ...
The Decision Making Role of Women in the Public Sector of Sri Lanka

Jayatilake, L. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

In recent decades a widening of access of women to the employment has been recorded. However, the participation of women in decision-making at various levels in the public sector organizations is very low and the women ...
Labour Migration of women: Impact on Household Income, Savings and Investment as Integral Component of Economic Development in Sri Lanka

Handapangoda, W.S.; Kumara, M.H.A.S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Women around the world form a mosaic without which no pattern of development could be understood in its totality. Stereotype men have been that of ‘bread winners’, and the ‘natural’ role of women is seen as that of ‘home ...
From the Global to the Personal -Sri Lankan Feminist Epistemologies

Wickremasinghe, Maithree (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The objective of this paper is to examine the construction / application of epistemologies in Sri Lankan research on women, gender and feminism. Despite the understanding that research content and methodologies are not ...
Friendly Visitors from Down Under: A Case Work on Australian Humnaitarian Project in Sri Lanka

Chan, H.; Harvey, X.; Govinnage, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The arrival of a Portuguese visitor in the southern coastal town of Galle by accident in 1505 is considered as the beginning of the ‘Western invasion’ in Sri Lanka. The Dutch and the British followed the Portuguese and ...
Social Harmony in Ampara District with Special Reference to Post Tsunami Development

Rameez, A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

This paper attempts to analyze the positive and negative factors of tsunami in the context of peace and harmony prevailing among the different communities living in the Ampara district. Social harmony is an issue that ...
A Comparative Analysis on Perceived Needs and Future Aspirations of Men and Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka Who Were Affected by Tsunami

Sriyani, G.T.W. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Women entrepreneurs have demonstrated different characteristics than men entrepreneurs. Compared to men, women are rated as low regarding the characteristics such as tolerance, persistent, decision-making, risk taking ...
The Role of Civil Society Organizations and Politicians in Disaster Management in Sri Lanka: A Study of Post-tsunami Rehabilitation Work

Ranaweera Banda, R.M.; Aberathne, U.; Abeywarna, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The tsunami that hit the coasts of Sri Lanka on 26th December 2004 made a massive devastation to human, physical and natural resources in thirteen out of the twenty-five districts of the island. The percentage of the ...
Impact of Tsunami on the Insurance Industry in Sri Lanka

Keembiyahetti, N. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The Tsunami wave that rigorously attacked the Southern and Eastern coastal belt was the biggest catastrophe faced by the Insurance Industry in Sri Lanka after the Civil Riot in 1983. The cost to the industry on liable ...
People’s Consultation on Post-tsunami RRR in Sri Lanka

Dissanayake, L.; Kaluthantiri, M. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

A greater part of post-tsunami relief, reconstruction and rehabilitation (RRR) work in Sri Lanka has been carried out by government structures ad international and local organizations alike with little emphasis participation. ...
Impediments in the Socio, Educational, Economic and Political Developments of Muslims

Senadhiraja, A. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The main argument of this paper is to analyze the diverse aspects of impediments in the social, educational, economic and political problems of Sri Lanka during and after the independence. This had contributed to the ...
Planning for Economic and Social Security: Are Parents ready to face Old Age?

Boyagoda, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

The present demographic trends in Sri Lanka indicate rapid ageing of the population in the coming decades with the number of the elderly projected to double from 2 to 4 million between 2000 and 2020. In fact, Sri Lanka ...
Reproductive Health of Katunayake FTZ Migrant Female Workers: A Study of Their Intimate Relationships, Contraceptive Knowledge and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Perera, S. (University of Kelaniya, 2005)

Free Trade Zones (FTZ) of Sri Lanka, a byproduct of economic policy reforms initiated in 1977, not only gave leadership to an industrialization process in the country but also promoted large scale worker migration and ...

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