This recording is part of Aaraam Futures, Aaraam’s monthly learning series for feminist and social justice movements, featuring Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Executive Director of EQUAL GROUND.
Aaraam Futures creates space for shared learning, reflection, and practical skill-building rooted in lived movement realities.
Aaraam is a feminist-led research and learning practice that transforms insight into strategic, care-centred impact. The organisation supports movements, institutions, and collectives to build equitable systems grounded in lived experience.
This session explores Rosanna’s pivotal role in shaping Sri Lanka’s modern LGBTIQ movement. Her work spans grassroots organising, global advocacy, and sustained engagement with United Nations human rights mechanisms.
The conversation reflects on her landmark 2022 CEDAW ruling, which challenged Sri Lanka’s criminalisation of same-sex relations between women, as well as her recognition in 2024 as one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.
The session concludes with reflections on leadership, movement-building, and lessons drawn from decades of feminist and queer organising.