Kent Law School is delighted to share that Danushka Medawatte passed her PhD viva on Tuesday 10th November.<\/p>\n
Danushka\u2019s thesis is entitled: Unlocking Justice in Transition: Women, Ethnicity, and Gender in Post-war Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
Danushka\u2019s work was examined by Professor Mohammad Shahabuddin (University of Birmingham) as External Examiner and Dr Josipa \u0160ari\u0107<\/a> as Internal Examiner.<\/p>\n The examiners praised the thesis as \u201ca superbly written piece of work with a lucid, elegant, and persuasive writing style\u201d, noting that Danushka had \u201ccarefully crafted the theoretical framework and effectively rationalised its purpose\u201d. They also commended its important contribution to scholarship on transitional justice, particularly its examination of women\u2019s experiences of seeking redress following ethnicity-based civil wars and the necessity of intersectional and postcolonial perspectives.<\/p>\n Danushka\u2019s PhD was supervised by Dr Rose Parfitt<\/a> and Professor Suhraiya Jivraj<\/a>.<\/p>\n Well done DOCTOR Danushka Medawatte and warmest wishes for the future.<\/p>\n