Young women, are you #political? We explore this question with Eva Andorful Lala Touray Maryanne Charles Abiodun Essiet PhD on October 17 at 13h, as we count down to World Youth Day for Democracy on Oct 18. #WYDD2019

As #PresPoll2019 draws close, campaigning will soon begin in earnest, and one of the biggest issues that has plagued #lka politics will manifest event more aggressively. * Senior journalist Chandani Kirinde 🇱🇰 guest writes for @Roarlk * roar.media/english/life/i…

Nalaka Gunawardene welcomes all on behalf of AFRIEL Youth Network & spks of the importance of franchise, first time voters, role of social media, youth voices etc #PressPollSL #PressPoll2019 #srilanka

AFRIEL Youth Network chair Nalaka Gunawardene welcomes the crowd, urges everyone to vote, speaks on role of youth. Afriel will be introducing citizen reporters to the EC and other election observation organizations

Selvarajah Vijitharan from AFRIEL Youth Network spks of the role of youth & need for a clean political culture in #SriLanka. Youth will monitor the commitments made by candidates #PressPoll2019 #PressPollSL

He is Sabapathi Sivagurunathan. In his whole adult life he has been a HR activists. Has translated for people at various levels. Has earned respect by his dedication, committment and voluntarisim. Cheers Siva #SriLanka

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Young activists are political when they use social media to combat disinformation and hate speech during #PresPoll2019! Thank you IFES for the training. #lka #WYDD2019 World Youth Movement

AFRIEL refutes accusations of ‘political agendas’ in Public Platform for Presidential Election Candidates held on October 5 #lka #PressPoll2019

Later today, I'll be moderating: Public Forum on Media Guidelines by Election Commission of Sri Lanka 3.30 pm at SLFI, Col 7 Org by @forfreemedia Features Chair of EC, Chair of Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Ranawana & Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Citizen.lk plans to cover it on FBLive facebook.com/citizenlk/

Clarification: Daily Mirror article claiming ‘social media monitoring by AFRIEL’ is false and misleading #lka #PressPoll2019 #PresPollSL

#lka Centre for Environmental Justice has invited #PresPoll2019 #PresPollSL candidates or advisers to discuss environmental policies w/ civil society reps & academics. I'll be moderating this Public Dialog on Nov 5 morning 9.30 on. Expect live feed at: facebook.com/CEJSriLanka/

We demand for the release of these young activists! #SetThemFree #Liberenlos

At #Anuradhapura today, joining NC Provincial public awareness & community mobilisation event on #Right2Info #RTIsl organised by Media Ministry and AFRIEL Youth Network. 200+ community leaders have gathered. Event being conducted in Sinhala & Tamil languages. #lka #RTI

348 people from across the NC Province participated in the RTI Camp in Anuradhapura hosted in partnership with the Ministry of Mass Media. Nearly 300 RTI applications were collected and will be referred to the relevant Information Officers in public authorities. #RTIsl #lka

Despite of the heavy rains yesterday, over 100 people from across SP gathered in Hambantota to discuss with senior gov. officials about how #RTIsl can be used to resolve day-to-day life issues. Help desks were set up by youth for RTI related queries. Ministry of Mass Media #lka

AFRIEL joins 500+ political/civil leaders, and Nobel Laureates in an open letter to #DefendDemocracy, warning that the #freedoms we cherish are under threat from govts that are using the #COVID19 crisis to tighten their grip on power World Movement #lka movedemocracy.org/a-call-to-defe…