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Kumari Jayawardena Feminist Archive launched
Sri Lanka’s Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) launched the Kumari Jayawardena Feminist Archive, marking the 95th birthday of one of South Asia’s foremost feminist scholars, whose contributions to the study of labour…
Sri Lanka Presents the Legacies of Kumari Jayawardena and Sumitra Peries at the United Nations’s Photo Exhibition in Geneva
The Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations in Geneva proudly presented photographic portraits of two prominent Sri Lankan women leaders at the prestigious UN photo exhibition…
Celebrating Kumari Jayawardena, Sri Lanka’s definitive public intellectual
The New Arts Theatre at the University of Colombo was filled with a rare kind of warmth recently. Scholars, activists, and students gathered to honour a pioneering giant of Sri Lankan academia: Dr. Kumari Jayawardena…
Why Sri Lanka Has Only One Kumari
Let me begin by stating that we all must thank the Vice-Chancellor and the current leadership of the Alumni Association of the University of Colombo for organizing this ceremony to felicitate Dr. Kumari Jayawardena…