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Condom manufacturer, Ansell, faces protests in Australia over its sacking of striking workers in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka's former LTTE women combatants stage fashion show
Author: ColomboPage [Sri Lanka]
[...]384 former combatants of the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka got the opportunity today to rejoin their families as useful citizens.The ex-cadres have completed the government's rehabilitation program and...
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Sri Lanka private sector can lead recovery from war - UNDP
Author: Nita Bhalla, AlertNet
Sri Lanka has a unique opportunity to quickly build livelihoods for the more than 300,000 people affected by its civil war, thanks to the robust private sector in the south of the country which was spared the worst of the violence, the head of the U.N...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on conflict & peace Post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation Sri Lanka
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Dateline Sri Lanka: Tourism and Peacebuilding
Author: Elizabeth Becker, The Globalist
…[T]housands of tourists are returning to Sri Lanka… If done properly, tourism could help unify Sri Lanka, whose war was driven by ethnic divisions between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Tamil Hindus. Not surprisingly, members of the...
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Big GAP in ethics, US shoppers told
Author: Tamilnet.com
Several dozen protesters carried placards in front of the Gap and Banana Republic ...urging ethical U.S. shoppers to boycott garments produced in Sri Lanka, while another group of Tamil activists assembled in front of Victoria's Secret Stores...to...
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MNCs flock in to get the ‘fruits’ of war [Sri Lanka]
Author: Tamilnet.com
A ‘political solution’ not to meet Tamil aspirations but to 'facilitate' the interests of the multinational corporations (MNC) is what in the agenda, Tamil circles said...Chandra Lal de Alwis, president of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka...
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Peace Apparel [Sri Lanka]
Author: Riyad Riffai, Lanka Business Online
Brandix, a top Sri Lankan apparel maker, is planning to boost production at a factory built in Batticaloa, a former war-torn area in the east of the island where ex-female Tiger combatants are also working...Theodore Gunasekara, general manager...said...
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- Related companies: Abercrombie & Fitch adidas Brandix Limited Brands Marks & Spencer Victoria's Secret (part of Limited Brands)
[PDF] Rethinking the nexus between youth, unemployment and conflict – Perspectives from Sri Lanka
Author: Harini Amarasuriya, Canan Gündüz and Markus Mayer, International Alert
This paper...critically discuss the nexus between youth unemployment and conflict...The report builds on the work...
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Sri Lanka and Nepal exchange business leaders in search for inclusive economy of peace
Author: International Alert
International Alert and partners recently organised a regional exchange programme in...Nepal, between key Nepali and Sri Lankan business leaders...Participants... highlighted that the private sector...can take the lead in facilitating multi...
[PDF] Sustaining Business and Peace: A Resource Pack on Corporate Responsibility for Small and Medium Enterprises [Sri Lanka]
Author: Radhika Hettiarachchi, Lucy Holdaway, Canan Gündüz, International Alert
In Sri Lanka there are various challenges to the survival and growth of SMEs and their wider development. A key stumbling block was the violent conflict that affected the country over the last three decades...Being more geographically dispersed than...
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