Ms. Menasha Vihani Samaradiwakara

Academic Qualification

• Master’s in Human Rights and Democratization, University of Colombo
• LLB (Honours) University of London
• BA (Honours) specializing in Economics, University of Colombo
• Diploma in International Relations, BCIS

Teaching experience

• from 2024

Research/Consultancy Expertise

• Bachelor’s Thesis
  The Effect of the Lack of Policies, Facilities and Knowledge Addressing Menstrual Health on Women’s Quality of Life and What It Entails for the Economy
• Masters Thesis
  Documentation in the Transitional Justice Process: The Identity Politics of Womanhood in the Context of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Abstract Publications. 

• Samaradiwakara, M. V. (2025). Workplace harassment and its impact on women’s labour force participation in Sri Lanka: A sectoral study [Conference abstract]. Royal Institute of Colombo.
• Samaradiwakara, M. V. (2025). Critical feminist reflections on human rights: Intersectionality and identity in post-conflict Sri Lanka. [Conference abstract]. Royal Institute of Colombo.

Research Publications 

• Kottegoda, S., Opatha, A., Samaradiwakara, M., Rathnayake, N., & Werawella, K. (2024). Pilot study on the gender pay gap in Sri Lanka: An initiative by the Sri Lanka Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka. Women and Media Collective.