Books

Feminist Engagement with Violence: Contingent Moments from Sri Lanka
Author: Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham (Editor)
Publisher: ICES
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2007
Pages: 208
Annotation:
Link/location: ICES library

 

Peace Building as a Gendered Process: Understanding Women's Peace Building Initiatives 1970s - 2008
Author: Chulani Kodikara
Publisher: Women Defining Peace
Publication: 2009
Year:
Pages:
Annotation: This report is a result of a consultative process to explore ordinary women’s views about conflict and peace in Sri Lanka. It aims to understand and document how women’s groups ‘see and do’ peace building.

 

An Investigation into the Incidence and Causes of Domestic Violence in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Author: Sonali Deraniyagala
Publisher: WIN
Publication: Colombo
Year: 1992
Pages: 50
Annotation: This study was undertaken in an urban slum with a random sample of 200 married/cohabiting women whose family income was less than Rs.1,500/- per month. The study reported prevalence of violence at 60%.
Link/location: WIN

 

Understanding Gendered Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka
Author: Ramani Jayasundere
Publisher: Women Defining Peace
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2009
Pages: 31
Annotation: The background paper attempts to highlight the characteristics of gender based violence in Sri Lanka, State and NGO responses, and the implications of socio cultural issues and situations affecting gender based violence.
Link/location: Download PDF

 

A Programming Framework to address Gender-Based Violence
Author: Women Defining Peace (WDP)
Publisher: Women Defining Peace (WDP)
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2009
Pages: 104
Annotation: The Framework is a guide that can be used by government and non governmental organizations to design, develop and implement effective projects and programmes to address gender based violence and ultimately eliminate it.
Link/location: Download PDF

 

Act Now: Resources for Combatting Violence Against Women
Author: CENWOR
Publisher: CENWOR
Publication: CENWOR
Year: 2009
Pages: 103
Annotation: This book provides information on various forms of violence against women, and provides information on redress. This book provides information on various forms of violence against women, and provides information on redress.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Gender Violence in Sri Lanka: From Rights and Shame to Remedies and Change
Author: Shyamala Gomez and Mario Gomez
Publisher: Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Publication: Colombo
Year: 1999
Pages: 177
Annotation: This book looks at how the law has responded to women who have suffered violence. It also describes the 1995 Amendments to the Penal Code and provides examples of judicial responses to GBV by way of local case law and reference to other jurisdictions.
Link/location: CENWOR

 

An Annotated Bibliography on Violence Against Women in Sri Lanka
Author: Ameena Hussein and Bhawani Loganathan
Publisher: ICES
Publication: Colombo
Year: 1999
Pages: 107
Annotation: A guide to the literature on violence against women.
Link/location: ICES library

 

Rights, Remittances and Reintegration: Women Migrant Workers and Returnees in Sri Lanka
Author: B. Skanthakumar (Editor)
Publisher: The Law & Society Trust
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2011
Pages: 168
Annotation: This publication highlights the gaps between the rights of migrant workers in national and international laws and the reality of their shortcomings and poor implementation. Through a case-study from Southern Sri Lanka, the assumed link between remittances and economic wellbeing is closely examined.
Link/location: Law & Society Trust Library

 

Constellations of Violence: Feminist Interventions in South Asia
Author: Radhika Coomaraswamy and Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham (Editors)
Publisher: Women Unlimited
Publication: New Delhi
Year: 2008
Pages: 260
Annotation: This volume gathers together some reflections on the complex and shifting dynamic of violence and gender in South Asia. Includes a chapter titled ‘The Politics of the Governed: Maternal Politics and Child Recruitment in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
Link/location: ICES library

 

Striking a Balance
Author: Mario Gomez and Shyamala Gomez
Publisher: CIDA. Shakti Gender Equity Project
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2004
Pages: 177
Annotation: This book looks at how international human rights can be used to further gender equality in domestic legal systems. It considers how the international framework on women’s rights may be used to trigger changes in law, policy and action at the national level.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Beyond Glass Ceilings and Brick Walls: Gender at the Workplace
Author: Maithree Wickramasinghe and Wijaya Jayatilaka
Publisher: ILO
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2006
Pages: 106
Annotation: Explores the nature of sexual harassment in Sri Lankan workplaces.
Link/location: Law & Society Trust Library

 

Gender Based Violence - Sri Lanka
Author: CENWOR/UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2007
Pages: 164
Annotation: These Monographs were compiled to draw attention to various aspects of gender based violence in Sri Lanka, which include constitutionals rights, laws, national policies, health implications and socio cultural norms. Each individual chapter of this book stands on its own and can be read as an independent article or as a continuum of the book. Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Sexual Harassment at Work - Plantation Sector
Author: Kamalini Wijayatilake, Faizun Zackariya
Publisher: International Labour Office Colombo
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2001
Pages: 36
Annotation: This study is focused on assessing the situation of sexual harassment in the plantation sector. For this purpose a desk review has been undertaken to provide an overview of sexual harassment at the workplace.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Matrimonial Property and Gender Inequality - A Study of Thesawalamai
Author: Kamala Nagendra
Publisher: Stamford Lake
Publication: Pannipitiya
Year: 2008
Pages: 492
Annotation: This book is a study of matrimonial property viewed from the perspective of gender equality in relation to Thesawalamai.
Link/location: Law & Society Trust Library

 

Violence Against Women: Voices of Victims and Activists
Author: Kamalini Wijayatilake, Sepali Kottegoda, Kamala Liyanage, Gameela Samarasinghe, Maithree Wickramasinghe
Publisher: CENWOR
Publication: Colombo
Year: 1997
Pages: 107
Annotation: This publication presents interviews that depict the trauma in the lives of girls and women who have been victims of the different manifestations of gender violence – rape, sexual harassment, ragging, sexual abuse and domestic violence. Juxtaposed with these are interviews of activists, women and men, who have sought to initiate action against such violence or to support victims.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Women & Violence
Author: Rangita de Silva and Sanjeeva Jayawardena
Publisher: Legal Aid Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo
Publication: Colombo
Year: 1993
Pages: 146
Annotation: The publication aims to look at some aspects of violence against women, to explore these issues from an empirical perspective and suggest changes to Sri Lanka’s legal framework in this area.
Link/location: Law & Society Trust Library

 

Post Beijing Reflections: Women in Sri Lanka 1995-2000
Author: CENWOR
Publisher: CENWOR
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2000
Pages: 237
Annotation: This book is a collection of articles with a focus on Sri Lanka’s international obligations to raise the standards of Sri Lankan women. Includes chapters on women and the law; violence against women; education; employment; women and the media; national machinery on women and the women’s movement in Sri Lanka 5 years after the Beijing Conference.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Using International Human Rights to Achieve Gender Equality: Striking a Balance
Author: Mario Gomez and Shyamala Gomez
Publisher: CIDA, Shakthi
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2004
Pages: 177
Annotation: This book looks at how international human rights can be used to further gender equality in domestic legal systems. It considers how the international framework on women’s rights may be used to trigger changes in law, policy and action at the national level. This book is the third in a series on ‘Women and the Law’.
Link/location: Law & Society Trust Library

 

Unite to End Violence Against Women
Author: United Nations Secretary General
Publisher: United Nation’s Secretary General’s Campaign
Publication: Global
Year: 2008
Pages: 8
Annotation: The Framework for Action provides an overall umbrella for activities to be undertaken by a multiplicity of stakeholders at global, regional, national and local levels in the course of Unite to End Violence against women campaign.
Link/location: http://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/pdf/framework_booklet.pdf

 

Space to Speak: Study on Domestic Violence
Author: Red Flag Women’s Movement
Publisher: Red Flag Women’s Movement
Publication: Kandy
Year: 2007
Pages: 28
Annotation: The research focuses on domestic workers from the plantation sector who migrate to cities for employment. The publication highlights issues relating to the lack of protective legislation, vulnerabilities that such workers are exposed to as part of the informal labour force.
Link/location: ICES library

 

Negotiating Household Politics: Women’s Strategies in Urban Sri Lanka
Author: Sepali Kottegoda
Publisher: Social Scientists Association
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2004
Pages: 276
Annotation: This book discusses the status of women within the Sri Lankan household, especially in the emerging urban settings. This also shows how the power politics within the household can have an impact on the independence of women. Link/location: http://www.womenandmedia.net/publications.htm

 

Penkalin Nilam: A Study on Women's Land Rights in the Post-Tsunami Resettlement Process in Batticaloa
Author: Sitralega Maunaguru and Sarala Emmanuel
Publisher: Suriya Women’s Development Centre
Publication: Batticaloa
Year: 2010
Pages: 63
Annotation: The publication is based on research conducted in the Batticaloa District between 2006 and 2008 on land rights of women.
Link/location:

 

Women’s Concerns and the Peace Process: Findings and Recommendations
Author: Women and Media Collective
Publisher: Women and Media Collective
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2002
Pages: 22
Annotation: This book discusses how the war has affected women and how the peace process should be gender sensitive.
Link/location: http://www.womenandmedia.net/publications.htm

 

Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Participation in Decision Making in the Public Domain
Author: Swarna Jayaweera, Chandra Gunawardena and Indika Edirisinghe
Publisher: CENWOR
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2008
Pages: 206
Annotation: The study attempted to investigate gender differences in participation in management and decision making as well as factors contributing to this situation in the different sectors.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

CEDAW Commitments: A progress Review - Sri Lanka
Author: CENWOR
Publisher: CENWOR
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2011
Pages: 186
Annotation: This review examines the progress made in the implementation of the provisions in the Convention in order to create awareness among all stakeholders, from policy makers to communities and individuals, of the lacuna in policies and programmes that have surfaced from the studies. It is hoped further that it will facilitate and accelerate action at all levels to promote and safeguard women’s rights as human rights.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Violence, Law and Women's Rights in South Asia
Author: Savithri Goonesekere
Publisher: Sage Publication
Publication: New Delhi
Year: 2004
Pages: 352
Annotation: This volume critically analyses the law and law enforcement in three South Asian Countries – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – in order to assess the response of the criminal justice system to violence against women.
Link/location:

 

Women and Governance in Sri Lanka
Author: Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Chulani Kodikara
Publisher: ICES
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2003
Pages: 152
Annotation: Sri Lanka country report of the South Asian Regional Research Study on ‘Women and Governance/ Democratic Process in South Asia: Re-imagining the State initiated by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies during 1998-2000.
Link/location: ICES library

 

Ending Violence Against Women
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Publication:
Year: 2006
Pages:
Annotation: A booklet intended primarily for development practitioners provides practical points to consider when designing and implementing projects addressing violence against women.
Link/location: http://www.unfpa.org/endingviolence/home.html

 

Handbook for Legislation on Violence Against Women
Author: UN. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for the Advancement of Women
Publisher: United Nations
Publication: New York
Year: 2010
Pages: 68
Annotation: This handbook is intended to assist states and other stakeholders to enhance existing or develop new laws to protect women.
Link/location: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/handbook/Handbook%20for%20legislation%20on%20violence%20against%20women.pdf

 

Handbook for Mediators
Author: Women In Need and Centre for Mediation and Mediation Training (CMMT)
Publisher: Women In Need
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2010
Pages: 37
Annotation: This is a compilation of consultations and training with mediators with a specific focus on domestic violence, and gender sensitivity in mediation. Includes a Tamil translation of the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 2005.
Link/location: WIN library

 

Handbook for Migrant Workers
Author: Women and Media Collective
Publisher: Action Network for Migrant Workers
Publication:
Year: 2004
Pages: 48
Annotation: This acts as a guide to migrant workers, especially female migrant workers to protect themselves from being exploited and abused while abroad.
Link/location: http://www.womenandmedia.net/publications.htm

 

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNFPA
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2010
Pages: 60
Annotation: This is a pocket size handbook providing the text of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
Link/location: UNFPA

 

A Handbook on The Evolution of Definitions Relating to Sexual Offences
Author: Women and Media Collective
Publisher: Women and Media Collective
Publication: 2003
Year:
Pages:
Annotation: This handbook analyses how the definitions of different sexual crimes have changed over time in the context of the Sri Lankan legal system.
Link/location: http://www.womenandmedia.net/publications.htm

 

Violence Against Women - A Buddhist Perspective
Author: Lakshmen Senanayake
Publisher: Damrivi Foundation
Publication: Colombo
Year: 2007
Pages: 76
Annotation: This document is intended to serve as an advocacy document to the Maha Sangha in order to solicit their support to prevent Gender Based Violence in Sri Lanka where the official religion is Buddhism and majority are Buddhists.
Link/location: CENWOR library

 

Understanding CEDAW
Author: Women’s Education and Research Center (WERC)
Publisher: WERC
Publication: Sri Lanka
Year: 2003
Pages: 28
Annotation: This is a brief introduction to the Convention on Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women. Link/location: WERC/CENWOR library

 

Stepping Out of the Shadows- Domestic Violence in Sri Lanka
Author: Equal Ground
Publisher:
Publication:
Year:
Pages:
Annotation: This booklet highlights a hidden dimension of a larger social issue, that of domestic violence within same sex relationships.
Link/location: http://www.equal-ground.org/resources