THARUSHI WEERASINGHE

Tharushi is a journalist and law student from Sri Lanka passionate about issues of child rights and climate change. She lobbied against child marriage at UNICEF's Third Parliamentarian's Meeting for Children whereby Parliamentarians from South Asia principally agreed to make 18 the minimum age of marriage across the region. She was instrumental in the formulation of national education policy as a youth rep in multiple parliamentary oversight committees. She is an Earth Journalism Network fellow, an on-ground reporter at COP27 and is keen to keep working on climate change journalism and child rights. Her recent engagements include:

• Fellow - Climate Change Media Partnership covering COP27
• Merit - Denzil Peiris Young Journalist of the Year Sri Lanka
• Journalism Awards for Excellence 2020
• Best Oralist – Appellant – General Sir John Kotalawela Memorial Moot Competition 2021.
• Youth Delegate – Sri Lanka – Third South Asian Parliamentarian Platform for Children – 2019.
• Youth Representative – STEM Reform Committee – Sectoral OversightCommittee on Education and Human Resource Development – Parliament of Sri Lanka - 2019.
• Youth Representative – Sectoral Oversight Committee on Women and Children - Parliament of Sri Lanka - 2019
• Youth Ambassador – UNICEF - 2017.
• Most Outstanding Student of the Year – St. Nicholas’ International College 2018/2019.
• Best Advanced Level Results – St. Nicholas’ International College 2018/2019.
• Best Ordinary Level Results (Commerce) – St. Nicholas’ International College 2016-2017.

Contact: Tharushi Weerasinghe [email protected]