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Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(Colombo: The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and one ... -
Silent Suppression: Restrictions on Religious Freedoms of Christians 1994-2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This study systematically analyses trends of restrictions faced by Christians over the past twenty years and aims to provide activists, academics, civil society, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders key insights ... -
The President’s Pledges to Women — A review of the promises and progress made in President Sirisena’s pledge: “A New Sri Lanka for Women”
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016-01)President Maithripala Sirisena pledged ‘A New Sri Lanka for Women’, during his election campaign. The pledge is an ambitious document; it comprises fifteen broad promises, by which the government seeks to alter the lives ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: Reading into the margins - Western and Southern Provinces
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2014)Provincial Council elections were conducted in Sri Lanka’s Western and Southern provinces on 29 March 2014. This report analyses political party performance at these elections using historical, polling division, and ... -
Provincial Council Elections 2014: A Political Analysis—Central, Northern and North Western Province
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2013)Provincial Council elections were conducted in three of Sri Lanka’s nine provinces, the Central (CP), North-Western (NWP) and Northern Provinces (NP) in September 2013. These provinces, when combined together, account for ... -
Presidential Election of 2015: A reading from the Uva Province Election 2014
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2015)This report provides an analysis of the 2014 Uva Provincial Council election. It includes an explanation of the importance of this Provincial Council election and also provides an analysis of the results of elections in ... -
Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka: Mixed-Member Proportional System
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2016)Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s manifesto, published after his election on 8 January 2015, included a response to a long-standing demand to reform Sri Lanka’s electoral system. This paper examines the key ... -
Mapping Sri Lanka's Political Parties: Actors and Evolutions
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2017-11)This report examines the histories of individual political parties in Sri Lanka. Over the course of Sri Lankan history, four political parties have dominated the political landscape: the United National Party (UNP), the ... -
Sri Lanka Strategic Assessment 2016
(The Asia Foundation, 2016-03)Sri Lanka underwent a major political transition in 2015 with the election of President Maithripala Sirisena and the establishment of a new coalition government between the United Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and ... -
Sri Lanka Provincial Council Elections 2012
(2012-09)This report features a comprehensive analysis of the Provincial Council Elections held in September 2012, detailing the performance of major political parties, voting trends, and the emerging political landscape in post-war ... -
Maintaining Democratic Space in the Public Sphere: A Strategy for Sri Lanka Civil Society
(Verité Research, 2015-10)Civil society in Sri Lanka has maintained a complex relationship with political society. Over the years, the nature and extent of civil society space has been determined by the policies and ideologies dominant in the ... -
The APRC: A Primer for Constitutional Consensus = සර්ව පාක්ෂික නියෝජිත කමිටුව: ව්යවස්ථාමය සම්මුතියකට ප්රවේශයක්
(Verité Research, 2016-04)This report is a historical study that aims to: 1. Explain the failure of successive attempts at state reform culminating in the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) process; and 2. Demonstrate that the proposals of ... -
Sri Lanka: Domestic Workers and Civil Society In Sight but Out of Mind
(Colombo, Verite Research Pvt. Ltd., 2015-03)Verité Research conducted interviews with 22 members of civil society organizations to assess the quantity and quality of research on the subject of domestic workers’ rights in Sri Lanka. While measuring and evaluating ...
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