sexual abuse

The slew of #MeToo sexual abuse scandals that has jolted the humanitarian sector has prompted calls for proper oversight and vetting of aid agencies and workers, and for the introduction of mandatory professional standards. Donors have demanded new measures and reporting from grantees, and investigations have been launched by the British regulator. Critics say aid […]

In October 2017, feminism and social media were set aflame with a single hashtag – #MeToo. Most, if not all adult women have experienced harassment, assault, or abuse in some form. We know this. Didn’t we? Doesn’t the media constantly report cases of gang rape from Jaffna to Tissamaharama? Wasn’t it the media that made us aware […]

Ninety percent of women have been subjected to sexual harassment on buses and trains. But many were unaware that perpetrators can be punished because the offense is a crime, says a new study conducted by United Nations Populations Fund in Sri Lanka. Read the full report produced by UNFPA as a PDF: UNFPA Sri Lanka […]

By Nanda Pethiyagoda. Thanks to the Colombo District Court that was not silent but judged fairly that the injunction brought against screening Usaviya Nihandayi produced by H D Premasiri and Prasanna Vithanage and directed by Vithanage, be set aside. The film is now screened for public viewing. It was scheduled to be screened at the […]

Rape case judgement & reflections on solidarity actions and struggles for justice in Sri Lanka, By Ruki Fernando. On 28th December 2015, the Nuwara Eliya High Court delivered a historic judgment: two men were each sentenced to 23 years rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs. 200,000 in compensation after being convicted for the abduction […]

Delhi joins Sri Lanka probe into ‘sexual favours’ for houses;The project is funded by India and implemented through a MoU with Sri Lanka. The Indian High Commission in Colombo and the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) have launched a joint investigation into a complaint by a war-displaced widow against a Red Cross official for […]

In a ‘letter to the editor’ of a Sri Lankan national newspaper recently, someone pointed to the need for a fearlessA story of fierce courage from Vishvamadhu to emerge from post-war Sri Lanka. ”In our legal history, extraordinary cases of this nature have had little impacton the general structure of law enforcement and the military. […]

(A file photo) Women’s Action Network (WAN) welcomes yesterday’s (6th October 2015) precedent setting verdict of the Vishwamadu military rape case (case no 1569/12 ) delivered by the Jaffna High Court. We salute the courage of both victims, especially one of them who pursued the case in-spite of physical harm, intimidation, insults and harassment since […]

( SL military; File photo) COLOMBO (AFP) – A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday sentenced four government soldiers to 25 years in prison each for the gang rape of a 27-year-old Tamil mother of two in the island’s former war zone in 2010. The High Court in Jaffna, the capital of the battle-scarred northern province, […]

( File photo: Sri Lanka police known for its inhumane practices) While United Nations Human Rights Council was listening to allegations of sexual harassment of Tamil detainees  by  Sri Lanka military, Sri Lanka police was torturing a 17 year school boy arrested in suspicion  of the rape and killing of 5 year old girl child […]

militarization on Tamil women’s lives in Sri Lanka. Based on over fifty interviews in the former conflict zone, we uncovered a very disturbing dynamic, in which efforts to protect women from sexual violence end up undermining their political and economic agency, making them even more vulnerable to victimization. Tamil women in Northern Sri Lanka still […]

(The Sri lanka National Women’s Cricket Team at the felicitation ceremony held at Taj Samudra Hotel on Wednesday 2013. Pictures by Sulochana Gamage) Reuters- Sri Lanka Cricket ordered an investigation in November after reports emerged alleging officials had asked female cricketers for sex. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s sports ministry said on Friday that an investigation had […]

The United Nations has called on the Government to investigate allegations of conflict-related sexual violence, Ban Ki-moonincluding incidents said to have taken place during the post war period. UN Secretary General Ban ki-moon, in a report to the UN Security Council, on conflict related sexual violence, said that in Sri Lanka, in the five years […]

The villagers of Vinaayakapuram at Vettilaik-kea’ni of Vadamaraadchi East in Jaffna captured a Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sailor, who had entered into the house of a former LTTE member and attempted to sexually abuse his wife in the early hours of Wednesday. The neighbours, who were alerted by the shouting of the woman around 1:00 […]

People in the area wants justice for the crime [Photo: Tamil gaurdian] The brutal gang rape of 13-year-old girl and severe sexual abuse of 9-year-old girl have been medically established by the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) attached to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital, informed legal sources in Jaffna told TamilNet Thursday. The girls have also stated […]