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වගකීම් විරහිත, ගැටළු සහගත වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic. (both in Sinhala)On 12th February 2023, Sunday Divaina published an article claiming that the USA funds Sri Lankan protests against the government, with no verifiable sources
Bureau of Rehabilitation Bill – Voting – Second Reading
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.The second reading of Bureau of Rehabilitation bill passed with a simple majority. These infographics show the MP voting counts by political party, the list of MPs that voted in favour, against and MPs who were absent during the vote. 23 MPs voted in favour of the bill, while 6 voted against it and 195 MPs were absent
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Tourism and Lands
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On December 6, 2023, during the 13th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Tourism and Lands were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Harin Fernando's speech
Women MPs in Parliament
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis infographic shows the women representation (F=5.3%; M= 94.7%) in 9th Parliament including collective contribution, average contribution of a woman relative to the contribution of a man, how the women MPs contributed to the most discussed topics in parliament and top 5 performers
Most Discussed Topics in parliament in September 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.This Infographic shows the most discussed topics in the 9th Parliament in September 2023 and the MPs who contributed the most to those topics. Topics and contributors are Justice, Defence and Public Order (Sajith Premadasa - SJB), Governance, Administration and Parliamentary affairs (Sudarshana Denipitiya - SLPP), Economy and Finance (Shehan Semasinghe - SLPP), Natural Resources and Environment (D. Weerasingha - SLPP) and Health (Sisira Jayakody - SLPP)
Summary: Budget 2024
No full textThis infographic was posted on the Public Finance Platform in English.Budget 2024 expects budget deficit for the year 2024 to increase by 19%
Online Proactive Disclosure under the RTI Act in Sri Lanka: Ranking Public Authorities - Executive Summary
No full text7p. Draft reports of this (i.e. Vol. II) and previously published reports (Vol. I) on the same are also available in the IKR.Verité Research developed the methodology for this assessment in 2017 with the support of the World Bank and assessed the compliance of 55 public authorities with their online proactive disclosure requirements under the RTI Act. The same methodology was adopted in relation to the 29 cabinet ministries and the Offices of the President and Prime Minister as of July 2022, for the period 01 December 2022 to 31 December 2022.
The methodology for the study was based on the legal requirements for proactive disclosure set out under sections 8 and 9 of the RTI Act, and Regulation No. 20 under the Act. This executive summary provides a snapshot of the findings of the report
Budget 2024 - Committee Stage Debate - Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government
No full textThis infographic is available in English and Sinhala.On November 28, 2023, during the 6th day of the Budget 2024 committee stage debate, the Heads pertaining to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government were passed. This infographic further highlights key takeaways from Minister Dinesh Gunawardena's speech
Gender-based Budgeting for 2024: More Tokenism or True Commitment?
Get PDF3p. This article was published as an opinion column by the Daily Mirror in print and is available online at https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Gender-Based-Budgeting-for-2024-More-Tokenism-or-True-Commitment/172-272718With the committee stage debates on Budget 2024 still ongoing, our interest has been piqued by a term that has gained relatively little attention since it was mentioned in the Budget Speech presented on 13 November 2023: Gender-based budgeting. Gender-based budgeting or Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) makes sense, from a social justice perspective and a sustainable growth perspective. However, given the government’s track record with GRB, those of us looking for more than a token reference are likely to be disappointed. However, GRB needs to be on the government’s agenda for 2024, and the government now needs to go beyond paying lip service to GRB
International Day of Democracy 2023
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil.The International Day of Democracy is celebrated, on September 15, providing an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world. One way this is checked is through elections, as public participation in such processes is essential to bolstering democracy. Considering this, VR's Manthri Team analysed the history of voting in Sri Lankan national elections held from 1978 up until the 2020 presidential election. Findings showed that since 1982, 3 out of 10 voters were absent or had cast invalid votes. This implies that the outcome of all elections would have been different if all registered voters cast their vote effectively