The seventh lecture of the Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” was delivered by Dr. Lakshika Liyanage on “Gender Perspective in Community Development: The Role of Asian Women” on 7th January 2021 from 1500 to 1635 via Zoom.
Dr. Lakshika Liyanage is currently the Director of the Center for Gender Equity and Equality at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences of the Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities of KDU, where she has formerly served as the Head of the Department.
Dr. Liyanage holds a PhD and Master of Social Work from the University of Durham in the UK and a BA specializing in Psychology from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.
She has over 19 years of experience in lecturing, research and consultancy in the Psychology, Mental Health and Social Work fields, and has held various important positions at the National Institute of Social Development, multiple Defence academies in Sri Lanka, the University of Kelaniya, the Sri Lanka Foundation and the University of Durham.
The course is organized by the Department of Social Sciences, FMSH under a research grant awarded by the Eurasia Foundation (from Asia) in Japan and is held from 27th October 2020 to 10th of February 2021 for a selected group of undergraduates representing all Faculties of KDU.