Chaya Dissanayake

Researcher, dreamer, woman, searching the answer to what exactly a human is

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

How can #geographicdata guide #MSME post-disaster recovery?

Read the new blog by IPS researchers @userCDchaya, Dr @asanka_lka and @Dilani_2014:

🔗 https://t.co/wNdhvbftaM

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#DisasterRecovery #ClimateResilience #TalkingEconomics #lka

[Chaya Dissanayake @userCDchaya]

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.

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

@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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🔗https://t.co/KT8lsxzlSi
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#DisasterRecovery #EconomicRecovery #TalkingEconomics

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

@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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🔗https://t.co/KT8lsxzlSi
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#DisasterRecovery #EconomicRecovery #TalkingEconomics

[Atita @atitahistory]

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.

https://t.co/cjHp5tIXdr

[Atita @atitahistory]

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.

https://t.co/zpzu17flb7

[Atita @atitahistory]

NEW ARTICLE: Wilpattu Deer Shooting

https://t.co/C4AY4oWvRS

[Chaya Dissanayake @userCDchaya]

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

[WomenRISE @WomenRISE6]

#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

[WomenRISE @WomenRISE6]

#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

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

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.

🔗https://t.co/7BodpJ5gUi

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

🆕 TE blog!

Check out “GSP+: Can It Drive Inclusive Growth In ����🇰?” by IPS Researchers Rashmi Anupama, @userCDchaya & Dr @asanka_lka:
https://t.co/JmaOD1RaH2

#GSP #EU #SriLanka #lka #trade #exports #imports #tariffs #zerotariffs #talkingeconomics

[Chaya Dissanayake @userCDchaya]

@pulse_lk I was told my irregular periods would get better after marriage by multiple gynecologists. The first time this was said to me, I was aged 14.

[Atita @atitahistory]

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)

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

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: https://t.co/4h44XkumAQ

@caps_asia @userCDchaya

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

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.

🔗https://t.co/BTiz1Cu0nj

@userCDchaya @caps_asia @EchelonMag

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

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.

✍🏽https://t.co/E37WYgOl8D

#DGI2024 microsite: https://t.co/Jh9d8Tp32r

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

The event fostered crucial discussions on boosting social welfare delivery & learning from other Asian economies to strengthen 🇱🇰’s social sector.

More: https://t.co/N6b7NxdyUH

#DoingGoodIndex2024 findings for 🇱🇰: https://t.co/Jh9d8Tp32r

@userCDchaya

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[Atita @atitahistory]

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: https://t.co/gLMg21mAX9

[Chaya Dissanayake @userCDchaya]

@RailwaysSL please be kind enough to announce that your trains are not running instead of calling them "late".

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

#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.

🔗https://t.co/Jabh1Ufekr

@userCDchaya

[IPS Sri Lanka @TalkEcon_IPS]

🇱🇰’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: https://t.co/Jabh1Ufekr

@DevelopmentAsia @userCDchaya