the historical military triumph over Tamil Eelam (Civil War) rebellions. Cataclysms of the prolonged insurgence disrupted livelihood activities thus imposing ...
Intensification of forced population displacements as an onslaught of ethnic conflicts and human rights violation negatively affected the socioeconomic status of many South Asian countries. Sri Lankan Internal Displacement (IDP) population escalated at a soaring rate subsequent to the historical military triumph over Tamil Eelam (Civil War) rebellions. Cataclysms of the prolonged insurgence disrupted livelihood activities thus imposing socio-economic impediments amidst thousands of displaced people. Among the affected, women were considered as most vulnerable. Owing to the loss of their counterpart family burdens shifted on their shoulders, in making them the de facto heads of households. These women engaged in numerous entrepreneurial activities in diverse sectors of the economy in order to supplement their families. Unfortunately, the outbreak of Eelam war 3 erupting from Eastern Sri Lanka destroyed many of their livelihoods. Despite such trauma women of North-eastern part of Sri Lanka, the sample under study were recently resettled from IDP camps to their previous villages. The IDP women were depend on government and International nongovernmental organization (INGO) assistance
Kennedy Gunawardana
Senior Prof. Dr. Kennedy D Gunawardena is Professor of Accounting Information Systems at the department of Accounting, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. In addition to being the Senior Professor of Accounting in his department, he has served as a Chairman of the Board of Study in Management from 2010 to 2016 and first coordinator of the
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An Investigation of the Sustainable Livelihood Considerations for the
