https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8177 2026-04-15T23:56:58Z 2026-04-15T23:56:58Z Media Team, Verité Research Politics Team, Verité Research https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8178 2026-04-15T21:30:13Z 2025-11-01T00:00:00Z

Proposal for a national media guideline on ethical reporting of women and girl-children Media Team, Verité Research; Politics Team, Verité Research This briefing note proposes national media guidelines for ethical reporting on women and girl children. It draws on the long-standing work of Ethics Eye, which for nearly a decade has monitored Sinhala-language media and documented recurring patterns of coverage that normalise violence, reinforce harmful stereotypes, and discourage survivors from seeking justice. Building on these findings, the briefing note calls on the government to: (i) Draft and adopt survivor-centred national media guidelines and encourage their adoption by mainstream and digital outlets; and (ii) Allocate funds in the 2026 Budget to support training and capacity-building on the guidelines. 12p. - The briefing note was developed in partnership with the Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, to promote ethical media standards concerning women and girl children. It was prepared for the Ministry of Mass Media and handed over to the Deputy Minister of Mass Media, Kaushalya Ariyarathne, by the Verité Media and Politics team.

2025-11-01T00:00:00Z Media Team, Verité Research https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8173 2026-04-15T21:30:38Z 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ethics Eye : මාධ්‍ය ආචාරධර්ම මාර්ගෝපදේශන සංග්‍රහය 2020 Media Team, Verité Research ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කර්තෘ සංසදය මගින් හඳුන්වා දී ඇති වෘත්තිය ප්‍රතිපත්ති මාලාව සහ, මාධ්‍ය හා වාර්තාකරණයට අදාළව ලෝකයේ වෙනත් පිළිගත් ආයතන, අධිකාරීන්, සංවිධානයන් මගින් ඉදිරිපත් කොට ඇති මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම මාර්ගෝපදේශනයන් පරිශීලනය කොට, එම මූලාශ්‍ර ඔස්සේ ලබාගත් අසම්පූර්ණ මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම ලැයිස්තුවක් එක් මාධ්‍ය ආචාර ධර්ම මාර්ගෝපදේශනයකට සම්පිණ්ඩනය කිරීමකි, මේ. පි. 9

2020-11-01T00:00:00Z Peiris, Mahoshadi https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8172 2026-04-15T21:33:54Z 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z

Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) in Sri Lanka : March 2022 Peiris, Mahoshadi Covid-19 has shed light on ongoing disparities in vaccine access and confidence among different ethnic groups worldwide. Against this backdrop, Verité Media conducted a two-part study on the impact of ethnicity on Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake and access among the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities in Sri Lanka. The study was conducted together with Minority Rights Group International as part of the Diversity Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) programme 2021 – 2022. This report is the second and final part of the two-part study. The first report published by Verité Media analysed social media conversations on Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake and access in Sri Lanka from January 1 to October 31, 2021. The findings of this report were published in Diversity: Impact on Vaccine Equity (DIVE) in Sri Lanka: November 2021. This second report summarises the main observations from conducting a face-to-face survey on Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake and access among different ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. The survey was conducted to triangulate the findings from the first report on analysing social media conversations. It was carried out from December 16, 2021 to January 1, 2022 among 2,476 respondents from 22 districts in Sri Lanka. This report highlights 10 key findings from the survey that relate to Covid-19 vaccine confidence, uptake and misinformation, as well as confidence in the authorities who were involved in the administration and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in Sri Lanka. This report also details the online campaign that Verité Media conducted to counter misinformation and mistrust in the Covid-19 vaccine in Sri Lanka. The campaign strategy was based on the findings extracted from monitoring social media conversations and the face-to-face survey. The campaign also sought to promote vaccine confidence and uptake among groups that showed hesitancy in relation to obtaining the Covid-19 vaccine. As such, Sri Lanka can significantly improve the competitiveness of its exporters by reducing processing times at the border. A proven method in this regard is the use of Electronic Document (e-document) processing platforms for trade. Currently in Sri Lanka, the benefit of this particular opportunity is being hobbled by the non-acceptance of electronic signatures (e-signatures) despite most of the prerequisites and systems being in place. 15p. - This study was compiled by Verité Media for Minority Rights Group International. This submission includes English, Sinhala (එන්නත්කරණ සමානාත්මතාවය කෙරෙහි වාර්ගික විවිධත්වයේ බලපෑම: ‍2022 මාර්තු), and Tamil (இலங்கையில் சமத்துவமாக தடுப்பூசி வழங்குதல் சார்ந்த பல்வேறுபட்ட தாக்கங்கள்: மார்ச் 2022) versions of the bulletin. First report, DIVE 1, November 2021 can be accessed from the link below.

2022-03-01T00:00:00Z Media Team, Verité Research https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/6783 2026-04-15T15:31:16Z 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z

Racial Profiling and Language Polarisation in Sri Lankan Media: A Problem Highlighted by “Ethics Eye” and “The Divide” Media Team, Verité Research This research brief introduces two ailments in the Sri Lankan media that have negative social ramifications on minorities: (1) racial profiling; and (2) language polarisation. This brief provides a short introduction to the two problems and provides examples published via Ethics Eye and The Divide. 8p.

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