Researcher, dreamer, woman, searching the answer to what exactly a human is
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
Feb 13
How can #geographicdata guide #MSME post-disaster recovery?
Read the new blog by IPS researchers @userCDchaya, Dr @asanka_lka and @Dilani_2014:
🔗 ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2026…
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#DisasterRecovery #ClimateResilience #TalkingEconomics #lka
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Geographical Information (GI) can change the disaster-response and recovery process greatly in countries like ours where available manpower and funds are limited. In this exercise we show how this can be done.
Feb 12
@FT_SriLanka features IPS research on #MSME recovery after #CycloneDitwah in #lka.
Chaya Dissanayake, Dr @asanka_lka, and @Dilani_2014 show how geographic data guides targeted support.
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🔗ft.lk/columns/MSME-recovery-…
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#DisasterRecovery #EconomicRecovery #TalkingEconomics
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
Feb 12
@FT_SriLanka features IPS research on #MSME recovery after #CycloneDitwah in #lka.
Chaya Dissanayake, Dr @asanka_lka, and @Dilani_2014 show how geographic data guides targeted support.
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🔗ft.lk/columns/MSME-recovery-…
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#DisasterRecovery #EconomicRecovery #TalkingEconomics
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
5 Sep 2025
NEW ARTICLE: Keenakelle Estate Strike and Police Shooting
A months-long strike by Keenakelle Estate workers to protest a merger turns deadly when police kill two strikers. The bodies of the deceased were buried without being returned to their families.
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
21 May 2025
NEW ARTICLE: Diyagama Estate Strike and Police Shooting
May 18, 1956: The recent
split of the CWC and DWC comes into the political forefront when police shoot dead an estate striker.
atita.org/articles/diyagama-…
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
18 Mar 2025
NEW ARTICLE: Wilpattu Deer Shooting
atita.org/articles/wilpattu-…
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12 Feb 2025
Advancing together! #WomenRISE workshop brought together the @IDRC_CRDI funded researchers who had been studying the impact of pandemics on women across Africa and Asia. Glad to be here representing @TalkEconomicsSL team with @sulochana9310 and @suni
10 Feb 2025
#WomenRISE researchers are leveling up! 📚✨ Sharpening their scientific writing skills to produce top-tier research for global journals. Big thanks to @aphrc’s RRCS team, Hesborn & Patrick for leading the charge! @AKU_GSMC @arisewinproject @IDRC_ESARO @IDRC_CRDI
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
10 Feb 2025
#WomenRISE researchers are leveling up! 📚✨ Sharpening their scientific writing skills to produce top-tier research for global journals. Big thanks to @aphrc’s RRCS team, Hesborn & Patrick for leading the charge! @AKU_GSMC @arisewinproject @IDRC_ESARO @IDRC_CRDI
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
21 Dec 2024
December highlights!
• TE blog by Rashmi Anupama, @userCDchaya & Dr @asanka_lka on the value of GSP for 🇱🇰’s exports.
• Article by @PriyankaJ_IPS for @DevelopmentAsia.
• Dr @ArunatilakeN was a panelist at a webinar organised by @CGIAR.
🔗bit.ly/3YVQbGk
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
2 Dec 2024
🆕 TE blog!
Check out “GSP : Can It Drive Inclusive Growth In 🇱🇰?” by IPS Researchers Rashmi Anupama, @userCDchaya & Dr @asanka_lka:
ips.lk/talkingeconomics/2024…
#GSP #EU #SriLanka #lka #trade #exports #imports #tariffs #zerotariffs #talkingeconomics
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
22 Sep 2024
As @anuradisanayake wins the presidential election, here's are some excerpts from a 1970 interview with the JVP's then student front president, Mahinda Wijesekera, on the history of the party, featured in the Ceylon Observer:
"We are not Che Guevarists." (1/6)
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
30 Aug 2024
Most fundraising efforts in 🇱🇰 occur via social media, not standardised fundraising platforms. But there are 📈 cyber security concerns, as social delivery organisations (SDOs) focus more on digital tools for fundraising.
More: shorturl.at/6SGVh
@caps_asia @userCDchaya
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
11 Sep 2024
Social media is now the main tool used by #SDOs in 🇱🇰 for fundraising--83 of 90 SDOs use Facebook, a trend fuelled by youth who like to donate to causes that resonate w. their values & are endorsed by their peers.
🔗shorturl.at/YK1iD
@userCDchaya @caps_asia @EchelonMag
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
8 Aug 2024
83 of 90 Social Delivery Organisations in 🇱🇰 use Facebook for fundraising, but only 67% rely on cyber security.
While only 12% of SDOs reported cyber-attacks in the last two years, the threat is great.
✍🏽bit.ly/3LVMbzZ
#DGI2024 microsite: bit.ly/4dCoQPx
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
21 Aug 2024
The event fostered crucial discussions on boosting social welfare delivery & learning from other Asian economies to strengthen 🇱🇰’s social sector.
More: bit.ly/4cEYLyy
#DoingGoodIndex2024 findings for 🇱🇰: bit.ly/4dCoQPx
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
21 Aug 2024
NEW ARTICLE: 1952 Gal Oya Riot
The troubled Gal Oya scheme sees yet another round of communal violence. Had authorities paid more attention to what happened in 1952, could they have prevented the massacre that occurred 4 years later?
Read more: atita.org/articles/1952-gal-…
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
25 Jun 2024
#Trending on @DevelopmentAsia!
The initial phase of #COVID19 saw sudden lockdowns, 💵loss & limited access to 🏥. 👗👕workers, mainly internal migrants, faced many challenges due to their work & living arrangements.
🔗shorturl.at/rA139
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
18 Apr 2024
🇱🇰’s export-oriented🎽industry adapted to COVID-19 fast & maintained employment levels well, but substantial health & economic impacts on ♀️ workers were evident. These need to be ⬇️ in future pandemics.
More: shorturl.at/rA139
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Chaya Dissanayake retweeted
28 Mar 2024
🆕 TE blog highlights 🔑 points by stake holders in 🇱🇰’s mineral & EV component manufacturing industry, at the recent publication release & discussion of ‘Trade Wars in EV Supply Chains: A 🏆 for 🇱🇰’s Graphite Industry?’
🔗shorturl.at/adHIU
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28 Mar 2024
Completed United Nations ESCAP e-learning course on Optimizing trade agreement text analysis: How to use ESCAP’s Trade Agreement Text Analysis Tool.
You can find information about how to join the course here: lnkd.in/g-tDQnaP #UNESCAP
certificate.tiid.org/eCertif…
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