Feizal Samath

DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Political Patronage Keeps Poor Out

Sri Lanka's social welfare programmes benefit nearly half of the island's population, but there is growing evidence that its recipients are not just the poorest of the poor.

DEVELOPMENT-SRI LANKA: Political Patronage Keeps Poor Out

By Feizal Samath

Sri Lanka's social welfare programmes benefit nearly half of the island's population, but there is growing evidence that its recipients are not just the poorest of the poor.

SRI LANKA: U.N Talks Warring Sides into Taking Care of Children

By Feizal Samath

A top U.N. official who is armed with a mandate to seek the protection of children caught in war zones worldwide, has reported some success in Sri Lanka.

MEDIA-SRI LANKA: Press Clamours Against Government Curbs

By Feizal Samath

Sri Lanka's independent media has for once set aside internal rivalries to sit together and demand their constitutional "right to freedom of expression" -- eroded by years of civil strife here.

WOMEN-SRI LANKA: Private Violence Takes a High Toll //repeating//

By Feizal Samath

Ranjini, a pretty 24 year old, has walked into the office of Sri Lanka's pioneering Women in Need (WIN) organisation more than 20 times over two years for help, after being beaten black and blue by her husband.

WOMEN-SRI LANKA: Private Violence Takes a High Toll

By Feizal Samath

Ranjini, a pretty 24 year old, has walked into the office of Sri Lanka's pioneering Women in Need (WIN) organisation more than 20 times over two years for help, after being beaten black and blue by her husband.

SRI LANKA: UNICEF Calls for Week-long Ceasefire

By Feizal Samath

The U.N children's agency, UNICEF, has called for a week-long ceasefire in Sri Lanka to enable a visiting U.N special envoy to meet with children in the war zone.

ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka to Build Up Food Seurity With FAO Help

By Feizal Samath

Taking a hard look at the widening gap between farm productivity and food security, Sri Lanka has unveiled plans to review agricultural policies with the support of the Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

POPULATION: Sri Lanka Makes Cancer Detection a Priority

By Feizal Samath

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is formulating a novel "early warning" system to detect cancer amongst women in Sri Lanka and link it up with government- run women's clinics across the island.

FOOD: Sri Lanka to Build Up Food Security With FAO Help

By Feizal Samath

Taking a hard look at the widening gap between farm productivity and food security, Sri Lanka has unveiled plans to review agricultural policies with the support of the Rome-based Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Small Schemes to Free Up Power Supplies

By Feizal Samath

Memories of the crippling power and water shortages that followed a severe drought two years back are still fresh in Sri Lanka.

ENERGY-SRI LANKA: Small Schemes to Free Up Power Supplies

By Feizal Samath

Memories of the crippling power and water shortages that followed a severe drought two years back are still fresh in Sri Lanka.

DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-WOMEN: Women Carry Loads, Men Have a Choice in Poor Countries

By Feizal Samath

Women, young and old, weighed down with big bundles of firewood and fodder or balancing pots of water on their heads or on their hips are a common sight in the hinterland of the world's poor countries.

ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Animal Power Grows Aross Developing World

By Feizal Samath

Far from being edged out by motorised transport, animal power is still popular in many parts of the world for agriculture, trade, domestic transport and recreation, a transportation specialist confirmed.

TRANSPORT: Women Carry Loads, Men Have a Choice in Poor Countries

By Feizal Samath

Women, young and old, weighed down with big bundles of firewood and fodder or balancing pots of water on their heads or on their hips are a common sight in the hinterland of the world's poor countries.

TRANSPORT: Animal Power Grows Aross Developing World

By Feizal Samath

Far from being edged out by motorised transport, animal power is still popular in many parts of the world for agriculture, trade, domestic transport and recreation, a transportation specialist confirmed.

DEVELOPMENT: East Asian Model Still OK For South Asia – World Bank

By Feizal Samath

Developing countries may have lost faith in the East Asian model of growth after the "miracle" economies of the region collapsed, but the World Bank continues to back the model.

ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-SRI LANKA: Journalists’ Forum Collects Green Success Stories

By Feizal Samath

Appalled by mounds of garbage in Sri Lanka's capital, a university teacher develops a novel way of recycling waste.

POLITICS-SRI LANKA: Women Promised Quotas in Parliament

By Feizal Samath

Women in Sri Lanka would soon have a quarter of seats in Parliament set aside for them, in addition to similar quotas in all local government councils, according to government plans.

SRI LANKA: NGOs Stunned By Move to Monitor Activities

By Feizal Samath

Sri Lanka shelved a controversial new plan to control non-governmental organisations (NGOs) two years ago but in a stunning about-turn re-introduced the legislation, earlier this month, and passed it in Parliament.