by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | Blog
Recently, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) launched its report, Tides of Violence: Mapping the Sri Lankan Conflict from 1983 to 2009. It provides a detailed overview of the all too many human rights and international humanitarian law violations that took...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | Blog
The following spoken-word poem by Kirsty Anantharajah was read out at Palmera’s “Our Mothers’ Eyes” event. One woman weary from Vishwamadu winds the corners of her sari in her fingers in a white walled building now ashen she takes the stand, as One hundred pair of...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | Blog
10 years since the end of the war. There was so much we wanted to share but we knew there were emotions we wouldn’t be able to capture, stories we wouldn’t be able to tell. So the best way we knew how to reflect and remember was through the eyes of mothers. 48...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | Blog
Earlier this month, the Sri Lankan government released a draft budget which will be approved in the coming weeks. It is designed to address some of Sri Lanka’s most pressing issues, including many that will be all-too-familiar to development organisations working in...
by admin | Jan 5, 2025 | Blog
What a start to the year it has been for Palmera! Last month, I spent a week in Sri Lanka assessing new villages, doing home visits and sitting in on focus groups. These visits back always give me so much to reflect on, and I want to use this month’s blog to share...
by admin | Dec 8, 2024 | Blog
Seeking a Strong Development Programme Manager with a Gender Expertise We are seeking an International Development Specialist who is passionate about working with vulnerable communities, including women and persons with a disability to manage an impact-focused...
