In December 2005, the Sri Lankan Women for Peace and Democracy (SLWPD), a group of women’s organizations facilitate by the Women and Media Collective launched a peace campaign on the theme “Life not Death; Peace not War,” demanding that the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE resume negotiations and call for an end to … Continue reading Peace Campaign – “Life not Death; Peace Not War”

Options 2005 Issue 3  

National Consultation on the outcomes of the meetings held ten years after the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing + 10 meetings).

National Consultation with SLWNGOF national networks on the implementation of the BPFA and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The consultation report was shared at the South Asia Consultation on Beijing + 10 in Kathmandu, Nepal where further key areas of concern for South Asia were identified, and … Continue reading 2004-2005 


A series of Sinhala and Tamil television programmes on the issues faced by Tsunami affected women were telecast on Channel Eye and TNL in July 2005. Topics discussed included female participation on decision making, right to land, domestic violence and violence against women, livelihood, and conflict, peace and the tsunami.

WMC broadcast a series of radio talk shows on SLBC Sinhala channel in July 2005. Issues pertaining to women affected by the Tsunami were discussed in these shows.

WMC organized a workshop on Rexamining the concept of Head of households on the 25th July 2005 at the CENWOR auditorium. The following issues were discussed at the meeting by a panel of experts. A Rights Based Framework for Examining the Concept of Head of Household, Land Rights and Head of Household, Census and the … Continue reading Head of Household Meeting