Location: Sri Lanka

This module provides the base for capacity building training of selected emerging women leaders (which is one of the key activities of the project under outcome 1 and 2) to develop their Leadership qualities with an understanding on the Common Ground Approach (CGA) and Context Assessment Tools. Following the capacity…

Check out the highlights from our Sri Lanka Team in 2022.

The project implemented from January 2020 to July 2022 (including a 6-month extension) by Search was funded by the European Union under its ‘Enhancing Community Service Organisations' Contribution to Governance and Development Process in Sri Lanka’ programme. The theory of change that underpins the project assumes that “if local women…

This toolkit is developed to facilitate a 3-day training program on countering hate speech developed by Search for Common Ground (SFCG) Sri Lanka. The training tool kit include the training modules namely overall landscape of social media, digital advocacy, online hate speech, digital storytelling, online safety and editing tools. It…

Project: Young Women as Drivers of Peace: Providing 360° Support to Emerging Women Donor: United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) Implementation Period: The pilot project was implemented from 5 December 2019 to 5 June 2021 In a context where young women are already marginalised and the potential role they can play…

Project: Young Women as Drivers of Peace: Providing 360° Support to Emerging Women Donor: UN Peacebuilding Fund (UNPBF) Implementation Period: The project was implemented from 5 December 2019 to 5 June 2021 An objective of the overall project was to promote inter-ethnic and religious harmony on a community level. YWLs…

Donor: GIZ Analysts have argued that banning social media does not prevent violence, since social media is a tool which can be used both for positive and for negative. This is evident from the violent attacks against minorities that took place, even after the social media ban was in place.…

In Sri Lanka, where roughly half of the population is under the age of 29, young people are often caught in bitter ethnic and religious divides. Seen as perpetrators of violence, or else helpless victims, over 4.6 million youth face major obstacles as they seek peace. At Search for Common…

Young people are often at the front lines of responding to violence and conflict. However, they also often struggle to access appropriate support and funding. Youth 360 changes this by providing youth groups with holistic, 360°, support in a process where young people themselves are in charge.