Dr Chulani Kodikara
Research Fellow, Transformation and Empowerment
International Centre for Ethnic Studies
Chulani Kodikara is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD research is exploring the contemporary struggle for truth and justice being waged by Tamil women family members of those who disappeared during the last phase of the war. On the Hub, Chulani is conducting research related to the Office on Missing Persons in Sri Lanka.
Areas of interest
Women; law; nationalism; truth and justice in post-war Sri LankaPublications
- “Connecting the Egregious and the Everyday: Addressing Impunity for Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka” in Transformative Justice, eds Paul Gready and Simon Robins (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019)
- “The Limits of ‘Doing’ Justice: Compensation as Reparation in Post-War Sri Lanka” in Contesting Justice in South Asia, eds Deepak Mehta and Rahul Roy (New Delhi: Sage/ Yoda Press. 2018)
- “Global Discourses and Local Realities: Pursuing Justice for Sexual Violence in the Context of the Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka” in The Search for Justice: Sri Lanka Papers, eds Kumari Jayawardena and Kishali Pinto Jayawardena (New Delhi: Zubaan. 2016)
- “Familial Ideology, Development Indicators and Gender Equality in Sri Lanka” in Feminist Subversion and Complicity: Governmentalities and Gender Knowledge in South Asia, ed Maitrayee Mukhopadyay (New Delhi: Zubaan. 2016).
- “Women’s Peace Work in Sri Lanka: Experiences, Impact and Expectations” in The Future of Asian Feminisms: Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflicts and Neoliberalism, eds Nursyahbani Katjasungkana and Saskia E. Wieringa (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)