August 2002 Present, Researcher/Coordinator-Human Rights & Constitutionalism Programme, International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Sri Lanka

1. Designing research projects on, the role of the Diaspora in post-conflict contexts, Interim Arrangements in Transitional Societies and Building Multilateral Conflict-Prevention Capacity in South Asia.
2. Convenor (as representative of the host institution ICES) of the Human Rights, Education Policy and Language Rights Subcommittee of the Government of Sri Lanka s National Working Group on Reconciliation. Identified priority areas for reform, formulated recommendations based on research and findings of the committee, and functioned as liaison between civil society organisations, donor agencies and government departments.
3. Active participant in campaigns to formulate domestic violence prevention legislation. Contributions include drafting comments on the Bill, which were presented to the Ministry of Justice, maintaining contacts with non-governmental and UN bodies and formulating advocacy strategies.
4. Represented the ICES at the Electoral Reforms Parliamentary Select Committee hearing (13 October 2003) and presented co-authored submission on increasing women's political representation.

• April December 2005, Research Consultant – International Labour Organisation, Colombo
• April 2003 March 2006, Special Assistant to Dr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Chairperson Human Rights Commission (HRC), Sri Lanka
• May 2004 Present, Research Consultant- Centre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi
• April June 2003, Research Consultant, Sub-Committee on Gender Issues (SGI) established during the Sri Lankan Peace Talks (Dec 2002)
• January 1999 September 2001, Researcher, Law and Society Trust (LST), Sri Lanka
• April September 2001, Researcher, International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), Sri Lanka

• (Forthcoming) Fishing in the Stream of Migration: Modern Forms of Trafficking and Women s Freedom of Movement, Co-author with Radhika Coomaraswamy, Collection on Gendered Forms of Violence, Radhika Coomaraswamy & Nimanthi Rajasingham (eds.), Regional Research Project of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies.
• (Forthcoming) Overview of the State of Human Rights in Sri Lanka 2005 in Elizabeth Nissan (Ed.) Sri Lanka State of Human Rights,  Law & Society Trust, Colombo.
• (Forthcoming) ‘Working of Democracy in Sri Lanka , State of Democracy in South Asia: Sri Lanka Study, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.
• (2006) Anti-Child Trafficking Legislation in Asia: 6 Country Review, co-author with Radhika Coomaraswamy, International Labour Organisation, Bangkok, 2006.
• (2005) ‘Analysis of the Women s Rights Bill and the Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill in Elizabeth Nissan (ed.) Sri Lanka State of Human Rights 2004, Law & Society Trust, Colombo.
• (2004) ‘Race, Identity, Caste and Conflict in the South Asian Context in Ameena Hussein (ed.) ‘Race, Identity, Caste and Conflict in the South Asian Context, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, September.
• (2004) “Transitional Justice: Reconciliation After Conflict”, Nethra, Vol.7, No.1, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo, Jan-April.
• (2004) “Thesawalamai: Protection of Community Rights or Discrimination of Women?”, Social Scientists Association, Colombo.
• (2004) ‘The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women: Creating Space for Feminist Intervention or Perpetuating the Notion of the ‘Universal Subject ? in Christine Chinkin (ed.) Interights Bulletin: A Review of the International Centre for Legal Protection of Human Rights, Special Issue on Women s Rights in the 21st Century, Vol. 14, No.4, London.
• (2001) “Human Rights in South Asia: An Agenda for the Next Decade, Report of a Human Rights Survey of South Asia”, in Atapattu (ed.) Human Rights in South Asia: An Agenda for the Next Decade, Ahungalla II, Law &  Society Trust.
• (2000) “Human Rights Commission”; “Official Languages Commission”; “The Controversy over the Equal Opportunity Bill”; and “State Interference with Public Institutions: A Case Study of the Bribery Commission”, all chapters in Elizabeth Nissan, Ed. Sri Lanka: State of Human Rights 2000, Law & Society Trust, Colombo.
• (2001) Towards Substantive Equality: An Introductory Guide, Law & Society Trust, Colombo.
• (2001) “No recognition of sexual rights in Sri Lanka?” Options, Volume 22, 2nd Quarter.
• (1999) "The Act that Wasn't: Equal Opportunity Legislation in Sri Lanka", LST Review, Vol 10, Issue 14, October.
• (1999) “Justice & the Pinochet case”, The Lanka Guardian, Vol.21, No 9.
• (1998) “Women in the Legal Profession: An Examination of the Status of the Female Legal Practitioner”, The Lawyer, Monash University.
• (1998) “Human Rights: The Truth on Screen”, The Lanka Guardian, Vol. 21, No 8.