Groundviews

Groundviews Award-winning civic media from Sri Lanka. Groundviews is a citizens journalism website based in Sri Lanka.

The site uses a range of genres and media to highlight alternative perspectives on governance, human rights, the arts and literature, peace-building and other issues.

The life of women in a country can serve as a mirror reflecting its true development. While Sri Lankan society and much ...
24/01/2025

The life of women in a country can serve as a mirror reflecting its true development. While Sri Lankan society and much of South Asia reveres mothers as the “goddesses of the house,” it often neglects to treat these “goddesses” with the care and dignity they deserve.
https://groundviews.org/2025/01/24/tackling-period-poverty/

This Victorian system required individuals with three specific capabilities: good handwriting for manual data entry, rea...
21/01/2025

This Victorian system required individuals with three specific capabilities: good handwriting for manual data entry, reading comprehension and the ability to perform basic arithmetic mentally. The system was brilliantly engineered to be so robust that it continues producing these standardized outputs today, long after the empire it was designed to serve has vanished.
https://groundviews.org/2025/01/21/reimagining-education-in-sri-lanka-part-2/

Rohingyas are an ethnic community from Myanmar’s Rakhine province. They have been facing severe persecution for decades,...
20/01/2025

Rohingyas are an ethnic community from Myanmar’s Rakhine province. They have been facing severe persecution for decades, which continues until today. Myanmar’s government doesn’t accept them as citizens, so they are stateless. Many had to flee their homes and became internally displaced, living in camps in Myanmar while others went to other countries as refugees.
https://groundviews.org/2025/01/20/rohingyas-why-are-they-in-sri-lanka-and-what-should-we-do/

US president-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the demagogic twins, seem to be on parallel paths...
20/01/2025

US president-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the demagogic twins, seem to be on parallel paths with deadly desires to expand the borders of their respective countries. While Trump wants to annex Greenland, make Canada the 51st state of the US, take over the Panama Canal and rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America either through military coercion or economic pressure or both, Netanyahu has produced a new map of the Middle East without Palestine but Greater Israel grabbing territories internationally accepted as belonging to Lebanon, Jordan and Syria.
https://groundviews.org/2025/01/20/deadly-desires-of-demagogic-twins/

A semi-open structure almost akin to a summer house. Here the prisoners received meals rationed with cruel exaction. Rac...
07/01/2025

A semi-open structure almost akin to a summer house. Here the prisoners received meals rationed with cruel exaction. Race pervades all, including what you’re allowed to eat and how much. The aim is to sustain you just enough to keep you alive and working. Just enough is apparently different if you are white, coloured or black.
https://groundviews.org/.../the-ghosts-of-constitution-hill/

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Click to watch the full interview: https://youtu.be/hI49KEtMnVk Groundviews spoke to young professionals on the abolition of the executive presidency and the need for an electoral reform in Sri Lanka. They highlight how the current executive presidency centralises power in a single office, limiting checks and balances and reducing governmental accountability. This structure often results in executive decisions that bypass broader parliamentary or public consultation, contributing to political instability. The professionals argue that electoral reform, such as adopting a mixed member proportional representation system, could enhance transparency, increase public participation and ensure a fairer distribution of power across diverse regions and communities. Their perspectives underscore a growing consensus that comprehensive reform is essential for a more representative and stable governance model.

The full interview is available on Groundviews Youtube and Instagram. #interview #humanrights #justice

An article and the full video interview with Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations will be published on all Groundviews platforms tomorrow to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Stay Tuned !

Click to watch the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHXjGHEggmo

Watch the full interview on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRIX3416zkg&t=3s #power #women #humanrights

Mazeena Bucker stressed that women, making up 52% of Sri Lanka's population, should actively pursue political roles to influence policies directly rather than leaving decisions to be made on their behalf. #women #humanrights #power Watch the full interview on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0PybVUlvkg

Nalini Rathnarajah, a Women’s Human Rights Defender from Batticaloa, emphasized the importance of women in politics in Sri Lanka. #women #humanrights #power Watch the full interview on : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uds3NT12hKU&t=1s

Free Palestine Movement of Sri Lanka standing with Palestine and Humanity #gaza #palestine #israel

Five Years On: Still Seeking Justice for Easter Sunday Bombings . . Click on the link below to watch the full video on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tzI4mCMw8w #justice #eastersunday #5years

Click on the link below to watch the full interview on Youtube : Muslims Returning to Jaffna Face Many Challenges to Exist : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TNZzOOwlzE&t=2s . . Periyamadu came into existence as a Muslim colony in 1956 and the community lived there peacefully with its Tamil and Sinhala neighbours until that fateful day in 1990 when they were summarily evicted by the LTTE. The end of the civil war saw them returning to a shattered village with crumbling public buildings and bullet riddled homes. The area had a heavy military presence. They slowly identified their land and started clearing it with the help of some NGOs and diaspora well wishers. There was no government assistance. International organisations came to clear the area of landmines.

Click on the link below to watch the full interview on Youtube : Women in the North Fight Against a Patriarchal Society for Survival | Rajany Rajeshwary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xmZacemdOc #NorthernProvince #humanrights

Protesters in front of the US embassy call for an end to US military support for Israel. #GazaGenocide #Palestine #Israel #US

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