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Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
Another mass grave: An investigation team responsible for undertaking excavations and exhumations in the #Kurukkalmadam mass grave in Batticaloa conducted a field visit on Thursday to plan how to proceed. #SriLanka
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Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
“…the arc is long. Whether it bends toward justice will depend not only on the patience of its architects, but on their courage to push past the point where pragmatism becomes paralysis”
Thanks @KalaniWrites for weaving through the multiple issues confronting #SriLanka
Chemmani excavations reopen wounds — and questions ift.tt/rxBg347
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
Sri Lanka presents progress made in advancing rights of women and girls to the CEDAW Committee
Read: mfa.gov.lk/en/sri-lanka-pres…
#DiplomacyLK #lka
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
I really like this initiative. Do the work you need to do in class or as part of a (free) school-initiative.
One reason that teachers do tuition is bec of ↘️ wages. I hope we will see even a marginal ⬆️ in the next budget.
#SriLanka
WP teachers barred from conducting tuition for own school students
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I too engage in spontaneous acts like restocking the fridge and other “frivolous” habits 😌 හිහි.
Cause people only notice this critical work when it stops happening. If only unpaid, feminized tasks like household errands counted as “productive work.”Wild concept… I know.
This 👇🏽 + the emotional labour women undertake in guiding men through unlearning ingrained behaviours. While achieving equality at home requires shared effort, the emotional burden of facilitating this change often rests heavily on women.
Grateful to @LSE_ID and the CYHU team for having me on their podcast 🎙️
We explored how peer support + informal networks can make a world of difference for first-gen grads navigating uncharted waters.
Listen on @ApplePodcasts, @Spotify or any major streaming platform.
How important are informal networks for first-generation salaried workers?
In the latest episode of So We Heard, Ragini is joined by Renushi the founder of a feminist peer-support network for first generation college graduates in suburban Colombo
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Fascinating read from @TheEconomist on why young men + women are drifting apart. I wonder if this trend, fuelled by the "manosphere," partly extends to the Global South? A compelling case for policies that reduce the unpaid care burden on women, alongside better public education.
The growing gulf between young men and women in developed countries is striking. Unpicking what is going on is not simple. But read why this trend is concerning, and what can be done about it econ.st/3RhL6Wd 👇
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
Tea industry's profits are based on 200 years of slavery, disenfranchisement and exploitation. So if the plantation owners say it can't survive the wage hike to Rs. 1700 then so be it.
Adapt or collapse. We don't need your brand of 'success'
Testimonies by tea+rubber workers - few key points: #lka
- Rs 1000 wage increase=kg quota increase & other arbitrary company tactics to not pay full amount
- Unsuitable line room housing
- No workplace safety & sanitation
- Casualisation of labour
- No replanting of crops (1/4)
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
#Gaza has become hell on earth. Families continue to seek refuge, trying to escape war, but there is no such thing as a safe place in the Gaza Strip.
No one is safe: not civilians, not aid workers, no one has been spared. We need a #CeasefireNow.
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
As a board-certified urologist that specializes in sexual health for ALL sexes... I mean this when I say "medical sexism is real." Men and women are not getting the same level of care, access to care or even scientific integrity in their care.
Reminded of Grace Nichols' poetry: “No it isn't easy to forget / What we refuse to remember.”
What might inclusive processes of accountability, reconciliation, dignity, and the democratization of memory really look like? Pressing questions that persist.
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
About 1 in 4 women report engaging in sex acts that felt physically painful, mostly penetrative intercourse, finds a 2019 US study.
Many women just accepted that sex would be painful, downplayed the pain, prioritised male partners’ enjoyment, or felt should please partners.
1/2
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
Women are neglected by the medical system in almost every way.
Women are more likely to die from almost every illness and disease than men are because medical science is studied on men, not women, with very few exceptions.
Science knows little about female bodies and the medical system doesn’t know what to do with female bodies because they don’t behave like male bodies so they gaslight women into believing nothing is wrong.
This isn't actually controversial to say, nor is it a 'theory'. Science knows that this is accurate. No one wants to actually fund research on female bodies because the research is deemed 'done' because it's been 'done' on men.
Renushi Ubeyratna retweeted
We want ppl to "work hard" & "not live on welfare" and yet this dispossession of the working class poor in Colombo from their homes and places of business in a bid to become a world class city keeps thousands of people in the city in a state of permanent crisis.
In a bid to gentrify Galle Face Green in #colombo, the iconic isso vadai cart vendors haven't been allowed to vend from the seafront since February 4, 2024. To date they have been vending from the pavement & are told their permanent eviction is imminent.
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