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Vidyamali Samarasinghe

Professor
School of International Service

  • Dr. Vidya Samarasinghe has conducted field surveys on tea plantation women in Sri Lanka, income inequalities among farming communities, and female adolescent food allocation patterns in Sri Lanka.

  • Degrees

    PhD, Cambridge University; BA, University of Ceylon
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Teaching

  • Spring 2013

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Research Interests

Professor Samarasinghe teaches and researches gender and development, population and migration issues in developing countries, social science methodology, and field survey methodology. Her regional focus of research is in South Asia.

Selected Publications

  •  Female Sex Trafficking in Asia: The Resilience of Patriarchy in a Changing World, Routledge, 2007.   
  • A Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka, coauthor, Scarecrow Press, 1997.   
  • Women at the Center: Gender and Development Issues for the 1990's, Kumarian, 1993.   
  • Women at the Crossroads: A Sri Lankan Perspective, Vikas, 1990.

 

 

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: Ethnicity, regional development and geography of South Asia; politics and economy of Sri Lanka; women and development in the Third World

Additional Information: Vidyamali Samarasinghe teaches and researches gender and development, population and migration issues in developing countries, social science methodology, and field survey methodology. Her regional focus of research is in South Asia. Her most recent book is Female Sex Trafficking in Asia: Resilience of Patriarchy in a Changing World (Routledge, 2008). She is coeditor of Women at the Crossroads: A Sri Lankan Perspective (Vikas, 1990) and Women at the Center: Gender and Development Issues for the 1990's (Kumarian, 1993). She is the coauthor of A Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka (Scarecrow Press, 1997). Samarasinghe has completed several field survey research projects on tea plantation women in Sri Lanka, income inequalities among farming communities, and female adolescent food-allocation patterns in Sri Lanka.
 

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