Harini Amarasuriya
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Assumed office 20 August 2020 | |
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Born | Colombo,Western Province, Sri Lanka | 6 March 1970
Political party | National People's Power 2020 - present |
Other political affiliations | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 2020 - present |
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Website | www |
Harini Amarasuriya (
Career
She completed her PhD degree in
She pursued her career in activism in 2011 after joining in as a member of the Federation of University Teachers' Association and joined the protests demanding for free education.[5] After serving as a child protection and psychosocial practitioner for several years, she joined the Open University of Sri Lanka as a senior lecturer in the field of Sociology.
Harini joined the National Intellectuals Organization in 2019 and campaigned for the NPP Candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake during the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election. On 12 August 2020, she was nominated and appointed by the JJB as the national list candidate to enter the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka following the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.[6][7][8]
Confusions and concerns were also raised whether Harini could continue her service as an academic senior lecturer at the Open University after being nominated as national list candidate.[9] However, in an interview with EconomyNext, she officially revealed that she had resigned from the position of senior lecturer of the Open University in order to pursue her political career and parliamentary politics as an MP.
References
- ^ "Interview - Harini Amarasuriya". E-International Relations. 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Harini Amarasuriya | Youthpolicy.org". www.youthpolicy.org. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Dr Harini Amarasuriya | IASH". www.iash.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Who is Dr. Harini Amarasuriya ? NPP national list nominee". NewsWire. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Cyber bullying prevents women from public positions - Harini Amarasuriya". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "Rights activist and academic Dr Harini Amarasuriya is the NPP National List nominee". EconomyNext. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-12.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dr. Harini Amarasuriya named as JJB National List MP". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ tharindu. "හරිනි අමරසූරිය මාලිමාවේ ජාතික ලැයිස්තු මන්ත්රී ධුරයට". sinhala.srilankamirror.com. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
- ^ "NPP National List slot: Dr. Harini Amarasuriya's name proposed". www.themorning.lk. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
External links
- Harini Amarasuriya, Parliament directory of members
- Harini Amarasuriya publications indexed by Google Scholar