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CHILD EDUCAT TION

A study on n parental disciplinary practi ices and an aware eness program to o reduce corporal punishmen nt and ot ther forms s of arental pr ractices part 1. By B Priyanj jali De Zo oysa. negative pa y Save the Children, Child C Prote ection in Cr risis and ipid. Published by This study wa as carried ou ut with a gro oup of comm munity of par rents living in the Co olombo distr rict with the e purpose of understanding the meth hods parents use to o discipline their t children n mainly foc cusing corpo oral punishm ment and phy ysical ab buse. This re esearch high hlight that most m parents s use corpora al punishme ent as a disciplin nary measur re. The stud dy also highl lights parental use of psychologica p l aggression n and non-violen nt disciplining strategies on their chi ildren. The data has been collected through t a group g of pa arents with the aim of o educating g the ty to preven nt using cor rporal punish hment and physical abu use but pre esenting diff ferent communit ways of controlling c children. The e research re ecommenda ations sugge est that non violent met thods should be used to disc cipline childr ren.

COMMU UNICATI ION

ng commun nication fo or developm ment. A framework fo or social ch hange. By June J Evaluatin Lennie and Jo Tacc chi. Published by Rout tledge, Oxo on, 2013. This boo ok present ts a comprehensive framework k for eva aluating communic cation for developmen d mework com mbines the latest t. The fram thinking from num merous field ds. It high hlights acc countability based es to development an nd evaluatio on and offe ers an alternative approache holistic, participatory p and mixed d method approach. a It t talks abou ut how evaluating g communic cation for de evelopment is carried out, evaluat tion of capacity developmen d t, challenge es, issues and strategie es. This boo ok has both theo oretical and practical p value and is im mmensely us seful to acad demics, students, policy mak kers, evaluat tion specialists and dev velopment, media, cations and sociology s followers. communic

CONFL LICT RESO OLUTION N

Producing P t the present: history as a heritage e in post-w war patrioti ic Sri Lanka. L By Nira N Wickra amasinghe e. Published d by Intern national Ce entre for f Ethnic Studies S , Colombo, 201 12. This T paper explores the consolidatio on by a patr riotic post-conflict state e of a notion n of his story reinvented as nat tional heritag ge. The distinction betw ween history h as an n analysis of f the past and a heritage e was rarely made expli icit in the public discourse d of f Sri Lanka. . After the war ended d, the distin nction disappeared d entirely exc cept in som me rare univ versity histo ory departm ments. c a special pleading g. Heritage is best understood as a claim,

The poli itical econ nomy of post-war p Sri Lanka. S . By Sunil l Bastian. Published d by Internat tional Centr tre for Ethn nic Studies, Colombo, 2012. Postwar ideological debates on o managin ng state-so ociety relations are d by a notio on of develo opment and reconciliatio on. The disc course of dominated development and reconciliation assumes a that Sri Lanka is in a post- conflict situation, and the end of the wa ar provides the t country with an opp portunity for a new beginning. It goes on to o argue that t developme ent and reconciliation should be e the prime objectives for this new w beginning g. There is also the hope that these two stands s will se ecure a stab ble and prosp perous Sri La anka.

A provisiona al evaluatio on of the co ontribution n of the supreme cou urt to po olitical re econciliatio on in po ost-war Sr ri Lanka. By Dine esha Sa amaratne. Published d by Intern national Centre Ce for Ethnic E Stud udies, Co olombo, 20 012. Th his paper se eeks to foreg ground the mandate an nd actual co ontribution of o the Sr ri Lankan jud diciary with regard to po olitical reconciliation by considering c three qu uestions, suc ch as wheth her the judic ciary in a de emocratic so ociety can an nd/or ou ught to eng gage with the questio on of politic cal reconcili iation. Seco ondly, whether the Sri Lan nkan judicia ary has such a mand date within the existin ng constitut tional framework and finally y whether the t Supreme e Court has s engaged with w the que estion of po olitical tion. reconciliat

GENDE ER
Gender, status and empowe erment: a study am mong wome en who work in Sri Lanka as export processin ng zones (Final ( repo ort and Discussio on paper). . By Peter r Hancock k, Sharon Middleton, , Jamie Moore and Indika Edirisingh he. Publish hed by Cen ntre for Womens W Research h (CENWO OR), Colom mbo, 2011 1. Availab ble in Tam mil and Sinhala This resea arch has bee en done targ geting women who are working in factories to identify y their liveli ihood and empowerme e ent even tho ough by rec ceiving a regular sa alary. The study s mainl ly focus on three gend der-based measures m w which are ge ender empowerm ment measu ure (GEM), global g gende er gap (GGG GI) index an nd UNDPs gender g gap index i (GII). Thr roughout this s publication n, experience es of women ns empower rment and dis-empower d rment is explaine ed and it measures how w much wom men are suc ccessful bein ng empower red through their career exp periences.

GOVER RNANCE
Fighting F corruption. The way forward. Edited by Samuel Paul. P Published P b Academ by mic Foundat tion, New Delhi, D 2013 3. The T author talks about corruption in Indias pu ublic life and d governanc ce by explaining e h how to figh ht corruption n. This give es an under rstanding of f the causes c and solutions to overcome corruption c n only by the not t power of o the but by the government g t actions s of public c itself. Th hrough diff ferent perspectives p s, the auth hor has suc ccessfully brought toge ether ideas and strategies s to o fight corrup ption in both h civil society y and govern nment. This T public cation is a useful resource r to o civil societies, inclu uding parliamen ntarians and policy make ers.

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This book k is an impor rtant guidanc ce for journa alists in inve estigating projects or stories. . It includes steps of find ding investig gative stories s and the wa ays of conveying g it to the pu ublic in a sys stematical way. w This ma aterial talks about investigative story ideas, profess sionalism an nd ethics, human h resou urces, managing g investigativ ve journalism m projects etc e also wit th a chapter r with safety me easures. This s will be a ve ery productiv ve publicatio on for journa alists.

The tran nsition to civilian c life e of teenag ge girls and young women w ex-combatant ts: A case study from Ba atticaloa. By B Sonny Inbaraj Kr rishnan. Pu ublished by y Internati tional Centre for fo Ethnic Studies St , Colombo, 201 12. Thi is paper exp plores the co omplex and multifarious issues ass sociated with h the transition to civilian life fo or female Ex-Tamil E Tig ger combata ants in Batticaloa e of the civil war in Sr ri Lanka in May M 2009. Th his study foc cuses following the end on the reinte egration pro ocesses of both ex-co ombatants who w have been habilitated an nd released by the GOS SL and the former f girl child soldiers s who reh heal, self f-demobilise ed in 2004. The author argues th hat these mechanisms m nur rture and protect p all groups g of women w ex-co ombatants so s that they y are rec cognised, val lued and sup pported to be b transitione ed.

Victoriou us victims: an analysi is of Sri La ankas post t-war recon nciliation discourse e. By Andi i Schubert. . Published d by Intern rnational Centre Ce for Ethnic Studies St , Colo ombo, 2012. This study y analyses the t post-wa ar discourses s of the government in n order to understan nd the con ncerns and dynamics shaping Sri S Lankas post-war reconciliat tion agenda. .

The T promis se of the L LLRC: Wom mens testim mony and justice j in PostP War W Sri La anka. By Neloufer N D Mel. Pu De ublished by y Internati tional Centre C for Ethnic Stud udies, Colom mbo, 2012. This T essay considers c th he issue of post-war p jus stice in Sri Lanka throu ugh a discussion d o the Lesso of ons Learnt and Reconc ciliation Com mmission (LL LRC), and a the tes stimonies of f the wome en who cam me before it t. Examining g the LLRCs L evide entiary prom mise to wome en survivors of war who o went befor re the Commission, C , the essay looks at t the cond ditions whic ch shaped their testimony y, their narra ative register rs, the womens ideas on o justice and the cultura al resources s they fall back on o to elicit ju ustice. In do oing so, the essay e interro ogates the re elationality of o transcend dental ry Sri and realis sable justice itself, even as it offers a gendering g of post-wa ar justice in contempora c Lanka.

Women in local go overnment from 2006 6 to 2011: : A compar rative esentation of wome en and nominations s for analysis of repre women. By Chulan ni Kodikara a. Published by Inter rnational Centre C for Ethni ic Studies, Colombo, 2012. 2 This work king paper compares the t number r of women n elected to o local authorities s following the 2006 elections e an nd the number of nom minates given to women w at th he 2006 and 2011 electio ons by the four f major political parties. This T study aims to unm mask and dis saggregate national ave erages and statis stics with a view v to iden ntify and ana alysing patte erns and tre ends in representa ation of and nomination ns for women n at local go overnment in n Sri Lanka. Reconciling what? ? History, realism an nd the pro oblem of an inclusive Sri Lan nkan identity. By Harshana Ramb bukwella. Published P b Interna by ational Cen ntre for Et thnic Studies, Colombo, 2012. 2 This pape er examines s the lack of o an inclusi ive pan-Sri Lankan iden ntity in relation to o literary re epresentation ns and unde erstandings of nation, looking specifically y at the work w of the e English language writing w of Yasmine Y Gooneratn ne and Am mbalavaner Sivanandan and the Sinhala S writ ting of Gunadasa a Amarasekara. These papers ex xplore the complex an nd the contested nature of building b pea ace and reco onciliation in n Sri Lanka, taking unt the histo ory of the conflict c and the current socio-politic cal and into accou economic configurati ions. The tentative answer to this t comple ex and ted question n proposed here h is that it is related d to the dom minance multifacet of historic cal conscious sness within the Sri Lank kan cultural imagination and the cho oice of realis sm as a mode of f representation.

Fishing F in turbulent t y Sumith Chaaminda C a. Published by waters. By Internation I nal Centre for f Ethnic Studies S , Co olombo, 20 012. This T paper explores th he relations ship betwee en developm ment and ethnic e reconciliation r n in post-wa ar Sri Lanka. The Sri La ankan gover rnment espo ouses the view th hat economi ic developm ment can address ethn nic reconcili iation ucing dispar rities in the distribution of econom mic and liveli ihood through redu opportunities o s. Using th he fishing industry in the Northe ern and Ea astern provinces p as s a case-stu udy, the aut thor assesse es the exte ent to which h the governments g s developm ment initiativ ves have co ontributed to owards reducing ethnic ten nsions in th he war affec cted areas. This paper argues that, rather than opening new avenues towards t ethn nic reconcilia ation, the governments post-war development strategy ha as led to an increased irregu ularity in the e distribution n of the bene efits of econ nomic growth h between ethnic e ties. communit

MIGRA ATION
Migration n profile Sri S Lanka. . Published d by Minis istry of Fo oreign Employm ment Promo otion and Welfare W , Co olombo, 20 013. This publication by IPS present overall migration situation in Sri Lanka. L Migration can be iden ntified as the e movement t of people from f their ro oots to other surr roundings, whether w inside or outsid de the country. Migratio on has multiple consequence c es on the economic, political, so ocial lives on o the people an nd the enviro onment they y live in. The e main objec ctive of this report is to prov vide compre ehensive info ormation on n the migrat tion trends in the country and a to summ marize existing knowled dge on how w these influ uence variou us dimensions of development. Quoted fro om - http://www.ips.lk/lei/research/ /migration_p profile/migra ation_profile e.html

ICS POLITI
A collect tion of art ticles by Ajith A Sama aranayake. Published d by Lake Hou use, Colom mbo, 2012. This is a collection of o articles by b the late Mr. Ajith Sa amaranayake on politics, an necdotes, ae esthetics and d tributes.

Media M freed dom and social s resp ponsibility. Published d by Sri Lanka La Press P Institu tute, Colom mbo, 2008. Th he Colombo o Declaration n on Media Freedom and Social Responsibility R y has be een revised on Decembe er, 2008 afte er 10 years and is now printed as M Media fr reedom and social respo onsibility. Th his handout is included with all the e vital in nformation to o achieve an n independen nt media in Sri Lanka.

SOCIA AL ISSUE ES
The fourth world an nd Sri Lank ka. World in ndigenous communiti c ies & Vanniyale eatto (ved ddas) of Sri S Lanka. Edited by y Alex Per rera. Published d by Alex Perera P , Sri Lanka, L 2010. The Fourth h World an nd Sri Lanka a: world In ndigenous Communities C s and Vanniyalett to of Sri Lanka is a ful lfilling of a long felt an nd much aw waited need of st tudents and d common readers r who o glean and d seek facts s and information n of world in ndigenous peoples p and vanniyaletto o (veddas) of o Sri Lanka. The e light throw wn on the subject s by th he editor is indeed imm mense and comm mendable. By y reading this report, on ne can unde erstand the point of view of o each an nd every co ountry regarding the indigenous communities s living in their respective e countries. Quoted fro om http://ar rchives.daily ynews.lk/200 01/pix/PrintP Page.asp?RE EF=/2010/12 2/22/art32.as sp

JOURN NALS
Economic Review w-Female Participation in the Econ nomy. ples Bank k, Colombo o. Vol. 38, Nos. 7 & 8 Published by Peop ember 201 12. October 2012/Nove Articles included in this issue are listed below w ulnerability of o women in n the econo omy is a co ontribution by b the The vu Centre e for Poverty ty Analysis (CEPA) ( , wri itten by Priy iyanthi Fern nando,

Tehani i Ariyaratne, Gayathri Lo okuge and Nadhiya Na Najab ab.

Econom mic drivers of o post-war cities c in East tern Sri Lank ka by Dr. Mu uttukrishna Saravanathan S n What is s money? By y Prof. Danny Atapattu Economic Review - Small and a Medium m Enterprises. Publi ished by Peoples P B Bank , o. Vol. 38, Nos. N 9 & 10 0 December 2012/J January 20 013 Colombo w Articles included in this issue are listed below mic drivers of o post-war cities c in East tern Sri Lank ka by Dr. Econom Muttuk krishna Sarva anathan Macroe economic policies: Monet tary Policy by b Prof. Danny Atapattu es for SMEs in Sri Lanka a by Dr. N.K. . Silva Emerging challenge

Economic Review-Regional Developme ent in Sri Lanka. L Pub blished by Peoples Bank B , Colombo o. Vol. 38, Nos. N 11 & 12 1 Februa ary /March h 2013 Artic cles included d in this issue e are listed below Pove erty in Sri La anka: Who are a poor and d where are they? t by A.G. Wimal Nana ayakkara al policy by Prof. Danny Atapattu Fisca Regi ional development in Sri Lanka by Dr. D Wilbert Gooneratne G The role of dyna amic emerging urban ce enters in regi ional velopment by y R.J.M. Udu uporuwa dev

Social wo ork researc ch. Publish hed by Oxfo ford Journa als, United States. Vol. 37/01 March M 2013. (English) w Articles included in this issue are listed below easing older r adults benefits b from institutio onal capacity of Incre volun nteer program ms by Song-lee Hong an nd Kenneth A. A Bollen Development and d validation of a wrapa around paren nt partner fidelity f tool by b Margaret L. Polinsky and a Meryl H. Levine et.a al. Socia al workers as a research psychothera apists in an n investigati ion of cogni itive-behavio oral therapy among rura al older adults by Avani Shah and Forrest F Scogin

Forced Migration, M d Migration n, Oxford, UK. U Issue 42, 4 April 20 013. Published by Forced Articles included in this issue are listed below w LGBT T: equally entitled e to human h rights and dign nity by Anne e C. Richard ring protect tion for LG GBTI person ns of conce ern by Ensur Volke er Turk LGBT T refugee pr rotection in the UK by Amanda Gr ray and Alexa andra McDow wall

Forced Migration, M d Migration, Oxford, UK. Issue 43 3, May 201 13. Published by Forced Articles included in this issue are listed below w State e fragility, ref fugee states s and surviv val migration by Alexand der Betts cement in ea astern DRC by b Fran Beyt trison and Olivia Repeated displac Kalis tian migratio on by Diana Thomaz Post-disaster Hait r people and d displaceme ent by Oiero Calvi-Parise etti Older

o environm mental eco onomics an nd policy by b Oxford University U Press, Lon ndon. Review of Volume 7 / Issue 2, 2 2013 Articles included in this issue are listed below w ata climate model outp put in economic analys sis of Using weather da y Maximilian Auffhamme er and Solom mon M. Hsian ng et.al. climate change by The climate policy y dilemma by y Robert S. Pindyck P e polic cy in India: Addressing energy Policy monitor renewable energy ty and climate migration n by Aparna Sawhney povert

Migration n studies by b Oxford University U P Press , Lond don. Volum me 1 / Issue e 2, July 20 013 Articles included in this issue are listed below w ashes within n Western civ vilization by Peter OBrie en Cla appiness and d economic migration by b David Bartram Ha Tro oubling freedom: migrat tion, debt, and a modern slavery by Julia OC Connell Davidson Wh hat happens s in post-dep portation? by y Liza Schuster and Nass sim Ma ajidi

Sri Lank kan Journ nal of Re eal Estate e by Depa partment of o Estate Managem ment and Valuation V , Nugegoda. N Issue 6, December D 2 2012. Articles included in this issue are listed below w An evaluation e of o success and failures in Ha ambantota, Siribopura resettl lement hous sing program m by T.G.U U.P. Perera, Indu Weer rasoori and H.M.L.P. Karunara athne The im mpact of mo oney market indicators on o real estat te finance in Nigeria by O.N.I. Ayotunde Olawande, O Emoth F.I. an nd Ijasan K.C C. Urban governance e for risk red duction and climate c chan nge resilienc ce considerat tions with sp pecial heast Asia an nd India by Christoph C W Woiwod attention to South Rating g valuation model m for re esidential pr roperties in Sri S Lanka: Case C study in Homagam ma by A.V.U. . Wasantha, K.G.P.K. We eerakoon an nd N.C. Wick kramaarachc chie

Sri La ankan Jou urnal of Re eal Estate by Depart rtment of Estate Ma anagement t and Valua ation, Nuge egoda. Issu ue 5, Decem mber 2012. . Articles inc cluded in this issue are listed below The e contributio ons made by y the econom my reform an nd private sec ctor for the rapid r econom mic developm ment in Chin na by M.A. Zho ong-wu A survey s of cul ltural and tra aditional imp plication on womens rights to land for f developm ment by Job Taiwo Gbad degesin n Colombo: an advocacy y of new urb banism to Havelock city in re by Senaka a Dhammath hilaka inculcate a true urban cultur

ika vardan nayath sam maga avad dhanaya yomukala y yuthu lam maviya? Ar rticle Arthi subm mitted by Centre C for Poverty Analysis An . Co ontributed by Geetha a Harshanie e on page 39 on Diri imaga. Pub blished by Media Serv rvices (Pvt.) ) Ltd. Volu ume 3, Issu ue 4. Septembe er 2013. July This article a is bas sed on a rese earch carried out by CEPA in Puttal lam Distric ct to disc cover the link betw ween develo opment and d poverty. The T reason for selecting g the Puttal lam District t was due to the sud dden chang ge in develo opment an nd poverty reduction. . Even th hough develo opment has increased in this District, the quality of educa ation has dec creased dras stically.

Dark k side of developmen d nt By Cen ntre for Poverty Po Ana alysis, in Lanka L Mon nthly Diges st (LMD), Ju uly 2013. Page P 83. Pu ublished by Media Se ervices (Pvt t.) Ltd., 201 13. After thirty t years of war and d destruction n, Sri Lanka a has begun n to develo op rapidly bringing in economic and popula ation growth h. Over the past p few yea ars Colombo o and suburb b cities are under beaut tification pro ojects. Howe ever, accord ding to the national n data a, there is a huge mism match in eco onomic grow wth and pov verty reducti ion. Along with the de evelopment taking place e, the levels s of crimes have increased in an alarming man nner. Resear rch also high hlight that economic growth g do not neces ssarily bring g in eing of comm munities all the time an nd that deve elopment too o does not create c happ piness wellbe always s.

Sri Lankas L nat tional sham me compi iled by Pri iyanthi Fer rnando and d Roshni Alles A Centr re for Pove erty Analys sis, in Lank ka Monthly y Digest (L LMD), Augu ust 2013. Page P 79. Pu ublished by y Media Se ervices (Pvt vt.) Ltd., 2013. Poverty ha as made a great g impact t on many areas in Sri Lanka L and one such s issue is child edu ucation. A large l number of children ha ave dropped d out of sch hool due to parents ina ability to pay for their educa ation. This has h led to ch hild labour is ssues t sex touris sm as well. and even to The article e very clear rly explains the import tance of chi ildren receiving a quality edu ucation and thereby helping to erad dicate child labou ur in Sri Lank ka.