Beyonce's much-hyped surprise collaboration with British clothing giant Topshop made headlines around the world when it launched in April this year. An exclusive cover story with Elle emphasized how the clothing line was "a way to push a feel-good, woman-power ethos, to de-emphasize perfectionism, to value strength over beauty, and to inspire. The backlash was inevitable. He highlighted particular concerns, including low pay and limits on the women's movement at night by locking them into their accommodation the workers reside on-site and are subject to curfews. Sobik called for Topshop to introduce independent inspections of all their suppliers, and asked them to "look more proactively into their supply chains to limit the risks of exploitation and modern slavery tainting their products. To find out more about the conditions of the workers making Beyonce's clothes, we spoke to Dr Kanchana Ruwanpura of the University of Edinburgh.


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Sri Lanka’s Conflict-Affected Women: Dealing with the Legacy of War | Crisis Group
Even More. Following the news, or being stuck in the daily grind, or being caught in the usual doom and gloom conversation would lead you to believe that things are perpetually at 'suck' for Sri Lankans. But is this really the case? As modern Sri Lanka turns 68, we looked at a few of the many things that make us proud as Sri Lankans.


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I ron cannons installed by the Dutch to ward off colonial rivals still line Galle Face Green, a grassy, mile-long promenade along the Colombo seafront. Currently, Port City is just a flat expanse of blank land jutting out into the ocean, growing a fraction larger each day, as dredging ships pour what will eventually amount to 65 million cubic metres of sand. Within a few years, however, Port City will be the site of glass skyscrapers, a busy financial district, hospitals, hotels and even a theme park. It is meant to be a 21st-century "silk road", made up of a "belt" of overland corridors including roads, bridges and railways and a maritime "road" of shipping lanes. Its wider ambitions are harder to pin down.




The government and international actors must include their voices and address their injustices and difficult economic situation to ensure lasting peace. Bold promises by the government to the United Nations Human Rights Council in — including a truth commission, a special court and offices to investigate missing persons and provide reparations — have failed to materialise even as the urgent economic and psychosocial needs of all conflict-affected groups remain unmet. Anger and a sense of betrayal have generated a new wave of women-led protests and threaten to become sources of renewed grievance that damage already slim hopes of reconciliation among communities, and between the state and its Tamil citizens. If Sri Lanka is to address the past in a way that reconciles its communities and builds lasting peace, the government must prioritise the needs and rights of conflict-affected women — beginning by promptly establishing the offices on missing persons and reparations. As the armed conflict raged, Tamil speaking women in the war-torn north and east braved a powerful military and an authoritarian government to press for truth and accountability, particularly regarding the enforced disappearance of family members.