Nimalka Fernando is a Sri Lankan attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist. She is a member of the Democratic People’s Movement in Sri Lanka, which is a coalition of people’s movements, NGOs and trade unions initiating action and dialogue for alternative development paradigms. She is President of the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) and the Women’s Forum for Peace in Sri Lanka. Nimalka is a founding member of Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives or ARENA and was a member of the ARENA Executive Board 1994 – 1997.
In March 2018, Fernando was appointed by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena as one of the commissioners for the Office of Missing Persons (OMP).[1] Her appointment was opposed by The Global Sri Lankan Forum which was expressed through a statement requesting for her removal.[2]
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^"GSLF wants Dr.Nimalka Fenando removed from OMP". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
NimalkaFernando is a Sri Lankan attorney-at-law and women’s rights activist. She is a member of the Democratic People’s Movement in Sri Lanka, which is...
cricketer NimalkaFernando, Attorney-at-law and women's rights activist from Sri Lanka Nisal Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer Nishantha Fernando (born 1970)...
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Attorney-at-Law and the Secretary Of the Forum for Human Dignity and NimalkaFernando of the Movement for Inter Racial, Justice and Equality delivered funeral...
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Society of Sri Lanka. Kittle, A. M.; Watson, A. C.; Chanaka Kumara, P. H.; Nimalka Sanjeewani, H. K. (2014). "Status and distribution of the leopard in the...
activist Mohanti Antonette Peiris Commissioner Major General (Rtd.) NimalkaFernando Commissioner Lawyer, human rights activist Mirak Raheem Commissioner...
as a teacher. Fernando was married twice - to Christobel and Wimala. He had two children - Sharmalie Nimalka Nagle and Arosha. Fernando became involved...
News (58): 26–27. Kittle, A. M.; Watson, A. C.; Chanaka Kumara, P. H. & Nimalka Sanjeewani, H. K. (2014). "Status and distribution of the leopard in the...
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