What Sri Lanka’s landslides & cyclones teach — A Buddhist view
Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering. As a...
Sri Lanka’s Educational Reforms: Protect Our Children from ITGSE-CSE Syllabus (Ages 5–18)
Sri Lanka’s Education Ministry is preparing to implement educational reforms that were not designed by local experts and do not reflect Sri Lanka’s cultural, religious, or societal context. Instead, the proposed syllabus follows...
Why ITGSE-aligned CSE should not be adopted in Sri Lanka – A Legal, Cultural, and Educational Analysis”
Sri Lanka already has a national, well-structured school curriculum created by the NIE (National Institute of Education). Our Health & Physical Education syllabus teaches students the essential knowledge they need: puberty, reproductive biology,...
From Violence against Women to Gender-Based Violence: How Non-Binding Policies quietly added LGBTQIA categories to GBV
Original purpose The below represents the legal-treaty core of GBV Violence Against Women framework applicable to women & girls & not inclusive of sexual-orientation or gender-identity. These treaties were negotiated by...
Why declaring a “Sri Lankan Day” now Is wrong — A Nation cannot celebrate while Its people are grieving
Sri Lanka stands at a crossroads. At a time when hundreds of our own people have died, thousands are displaced, and entire villages lie in ruins from catastrophic floods and landslides, the Government’s...
Sri Lanka’s Education Reforms: Why Sri Lanka should reject ITGSE’s CSE – Sexual Behaviour & Pleasure content
What is ITGSE? The International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE) is the UN system’s master-framework for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE) is a global framework formulated by: UNESCO...
Sri Lanka’s Education Reforms: Why Sri Lanka should reject ITGSE’s SOGI (Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity) content
What is ITGSE? ITGSE = International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education, developed by: UNESCO(lead agency) UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF classify ITGSE as the international benchmark for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE),...
Proof that Sri Lanka’s New Sexuality-Education Reforms are Not a Local Curriculum — but a UN & NGO-Driven Framework
Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Education and political leadership have publicly announced that new “sexuality-education” and “life-skills/health-wellbeing” reforms will be rolled out across schools. At the same time, UNFPA, UNESCO, UNICEF, and WHO —...
UNFPA Sri Lanka: Gender Policy and Hidden LGBTQIA Focus
Despite Sri Lanka facing pressing challenges in health, protection, and social services for its overwhelming majority of biological males and females, UNFPA Sri Lanka’s gender policies and programs prioritize a tiny, hidden population...
Maaveerar Naal, LTTE Commemoration, and the Politics of Selective Memory
Maaveerar Naal has increasingly been presented—especially by diaspora activists—as a cultural or humanitarian day of mourning for Tamils. However, the historical origins, rituals, and political functions of Maaveerar Naal reveal that it was...
