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ලිංගික අපරාධ සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry contains 4 infographics and 4 writeups.In the month of June 2022, the following media ethics violations took place in relation to reporting of sexual crimes.
An article published on Aruna reported a sexual crime by sensationalising it and using the word ‘dooshanaya’ (pollution) instead of calling it a sexual crime.
An article published on Divaina discussed sexual crimes by using the word ‘dooshanaya’ instead of calling it sexual crimes.
An infographic on how the words ‘dooshanaya’ and ‘keleseema’ were used in the newspapers Lankadeepa, Divaina, Mawbima, Aruna, Divaina in 2021 and 2022.
Divaina published an article on a sexual crime on a minor by trivializing the said sexual crime
Budget allocations 2023: Power and Energy
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis infographic depicts the percentage allocated for the Power and Energy in the Budget 2023 and the extent to which this topic has been discussed in Parliament. Allocation for the Power and Energy (1.01%) sector ranks 7th out of 10 key sectors. Kanchana Wijesekara, Udaya Gammanpila and Chaminda Wijesiri were the MPs who contributed the most to this discussion
දිවි තොර කරගැනීම් පිළිබඳ වාර්තාකරණය සහ මාධ්ය ආචාර ධර්ම
No full textThis entry includes 10 write-ups and 10 infographics (both in Sinhala).During the month of October 2022, Swarnavahini, Aruna, Derana Aruna, Irida Mawbima, Dinamina, Dharani, Lankadeepa, Daily News and Ada published several articles on suicide, which contained the following ethical violations; describing the method of suicide, not publishing helplines, showing sensitive footage, publishing photographs of the victims, disclosing method of suicide, publishing news with prominence and sensationalism. Hiru TV had published helplines which was commendable
Costs of Doing a Job For Urban Women In Sri Lanka - Infographics 2022
No full textThere are 10 infographics, each available in Sinhala, English and Tamil.This IKR entry contains infographics done to disseminate the findings of the report "Costs of Doing a Job for Urban Women in Sri Lanka". The study found that the cost of doing a job is 1.6 times the compensation they receive. This suggests that cost, particularly implicit non-monetary costs, are an important factor in women’s labour market decisions. Additionally, this study finds that the affordability and reliability of childcare as well as patriarchal cultural norms and expectations play a pivotal role in shaping the “cost” women bear to engage in paid work.DEFAT, Australian Ai
Most active MPs in parliament in January 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English and SinhalaThis Infographic shows the most active MPs in the 9th Parliament in January 2022. They are Sajith Premadasa - SJB, Vijitha Herath - JJB, Mahindananda Aluthgamage – SLPP, Namal Rajapaksa – SLPP and Dinesh Gunawardena - SLPP
Parliamentary report card: Ramesh Pathirana – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to March 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Ramesh Pathirana (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to March 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (141/414; 62/150), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 80; 9th - 75) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order, Education and Health
"පිස්සු බෙහෙත්" ද? මානසික රෝගීන්ට ලබාදෙන ඖෂධ ද?
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and an infographic (both in Sinhala)On October 18, 2022, an article published in Dinamina contained contradictory information in the headline and the content. While the headline described the medication given to a person with a mental disability as පිස්සු බෙහෙත් (crazy pills), the content referred to it as medicine given to a mental patient
Parliamentary report card: Udaya Gammanpila – September 2015 to March 2020 and August 2020 to January 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of MP Udaya Gammanpila (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to March 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to January 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (332/414; 86/134), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 412; 9th -70) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order and Technology, Communications and Energy
Parliamentary report card: Nimal Siripala De Silva – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to May 2022
No full textThis infographic is available in English, Sinhala (only the report card) and TamilThis report card shows the contribution of Nimal Siripala De Silva (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 (8th) and August 2020 to May 2022 (9th). This includes attendance in parliament sittings (337/414; 154/165), total number of productive interventions he made in parliament (8th - 144; 9th - 122) and topics which were discussed most by him in the parliament i.e. Governance, Administration and Parliamentary Affairs, Economy and Finance, Justice, Defense and Public Order, National Heritage, Media and Sports and Health. It also gives ministerial portfolios he held from 2000 to present (2023) and details of his letter of resignation sent to the President following an allegation made by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa in Parliament on 5 July 2022 citing a social media report that a cabinet minister had solicited a bribe from Japan’s Taisei Corporation
2022 වසරේ ගෝලීය සාගිනි දර්ශකයේ 64 වන ස්ථානයට ශ්රී ලංකාව පත්වීම පිළිබඳව රූපවාහිනී වාර්තාකරණය
No full textThis entry includes a write-up and infographic (both in Sinhala).On October 17, 2022 Sinhala Primetime news telecasts reported on Sri Lanka being ranked 64th out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. Siyatha, Sirasa, Hiru and Swarnavahini reported this news while Rupavahini, ITN and Derana did not report it