Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham

Note: Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham is a former member of staff.

Job Title: Senior Advisor

Joined International IDEA in May, 1998.

Nationality: USA, Sri Lanka

Programme: Design of Democratic Institutions and Processes (Constitution-Building Processes)

Office: Stockholm (HQ)

Experience:
Programme Officer, Law and Development Studies Division at the Marga Institute for Research and Development in Sri Lanka Consultant to the Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka, on the development of human rights training manuals. Consultant to the World Bank, on the legal status of women in several African countries and on labor standards. Former Board Member, Women, Law and Development, an international NGO based in Washington, promoting women's legal rights. Publications: Contributor to publications on legal literacy for women, domestic violence, and on democratization.

Education:
Holds degrees in Law (University of Colombo, Sri Lanka), in Social Sciences (University of Reading, UK) and a Ph.D. in Law (University of Sydney, Australia). Her doctoral dissertation addresses the problems of democracy in plural societies with special reference to Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

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