Tuesday, 11th September 2018
Sri Lanka ratified the UNCRC in 1991 but lags behind the rest of the world in eliminating corporal punishment. Even though there are laws in the island banning corporal punishment in schools, such punitive disciplinary procedures are condoned by many educators and parents. It is socially acceptable because they reflect upon their own personal experiences, often glorifying severe punishments they received in their youth. Punishment is justified on the basis that such …
From talcum powder to jade eggs and douches, an industry has grown up to sell products – some of which are harmful – that play on women’s fears about being dirty or smelly
Which of the following should go nowhere near your vagina: a penis, a finger, a tampon or talcum powder? According to a jury in Missouri in July, it is the talc: the court found in favour of 22 women who claimed their ovarian …
3rd September 2018, Mount Lavinia
Philippine President Rodrigo Duerte’s comments about beautiful women getting raped as reported by the Washington Post brings into focus our global attitude toward rape. Duerte’s off the cuff remark, during a speech in his hometown of Davao, where he was once Mayor, was apparently a joke.
“They said there are many rape cases in Davao… As long as there are many beautiful women, there will be more rape cases.”
He went on to …
Tuesday, 24th July 2018
By Sajani Ramanayake
In 2001, Jesudasan Rita a 17-year-old schoolchild was abducted by two men and raped in Sri Lanka’s Central Province. The rapists held Rita for four hours in their vehicle and then dumped her in an isolated area.
“The case was heard by nine High Court judges while the prosecution was led by 10 state counsels and more than 20 lawyers, from Caritas Kandy (SETIK) and also from the Kandy Diocese’s human rights …
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
Friedrich Nietzsche, Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality, Sec 297
