Dr Chulani Kodikara
Chulani Kodikara is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast and a member of the editorial collective of Polity, the magazine of the Social Scientists’ Association, Sri Lanka. She recently received her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh after many years of work as a feminist researcher and activist in Sri Lanka. Her research explores women’s struggles for justice and equality with a focus on Sri Lanka. On the hub, Chulani conducted research related to the Office on Missing persons and the ongoing struggle for truth and justice being waged by Tamil women family members of the disappeared.
Areas of Research
Women; law; nationalism; truth and justice in post-war Sri Lanka
Publications
- “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)
