by root | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Godfrey Gunatilleke Introduction The main purpose of this paper is to examine Sri Lanka’s long-term prospects for human development over the next two decades. The sources of data used for this exercise are those made available in the Human Development Report...
by root | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
What is this Marga Institute? This was a question that most people asked when Marga was first established and became known to the public in 1972. What exactly was its raison d’etre – its mission and purpose. People were not easily able to give it a label and put it...
by john | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
UNDP assigned the Marga Institute to conduct a Political Economy and Gender Analysis of Community and Policy Interventions and Community Assessments of Spread of Hate Speech, Social Cohesion and Preventing Violent Extremism. Marga Team comprises of Ms Myrtle Perera,...
by john | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
National Languages Equality Advancement Project (NLEAP) provided a grant to Marga Institute to carry out a one and half year programme to promote language rights in five districts. Marga Institute will train Language /Reconciliation Societies in Colombo, Kandy,...
by john | Nov 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Marga Institute partnered with Magic Mango to create content for a Communication Tool Kit to counter hate/harmful speech. The one and half year programme consists of six elements- Monitoring mainstream media and social media to identify harmful/hate speech,...
by root | Nov 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Marga Institute is currently monitoring mainstream media and social media to identify instances of harmful/hate speech. Monitoring of harmful/hate speech on social media was assigned to Popkorn (PVT) Limited. Following the planning meeting and discussions on...
