Radhika Coomaraswamy Receives Fondation Chirac Special Jury Prize 2012 In Paris
Originally from http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/radhika-coomaraswamy-receives-fondation-chirac-special-jury-prize-2012-in-paris-2/ By Colombo Telegraph – On November 22nd, 2012, Radhika Coomaraswamy, former Under Secretary General of the United Nations/Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, was awarded the Special Jury Prize 2012 by the Fondation Chirac for her actions in favor of the protection of children during armed conflict in the presence of Bernadette Chirac, wife of the former French president … Continue reading Radhika Coomaraswamy Receives Fondation Chirac Special Jury Prize 2012 In Paris
Rise Up and Speak Up Together
‘Rise Up and Speak Up Together’, an event organized by the Forum Against Gender Based Violence on the 25th of November 2012 at the Galle Face Green, to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence.
DAWN: Ugandan Government Must Stop Trying to Pass Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Original post at http://www.dawnnet.org/advocacy-appeals.php?signon=267&id=267 “In the future, the laws that criminalise so many forms of human love and commitment will look the way apartheid laws do to us now – so obviously wrong.” (Archbishop Desmond Tutu, The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9839, 28 July 2012) Some Parliamentarians and religious groups in Uganda are once more attempting to push through … Continue reading DAWN: Ugandan Government Must Stop Trying to Pass Anti-Homosexuality Bill
France confers National Honours on Anoma Rajakaruna
Originally from http://www.ambafrance-lk.org/France-confers-National-Honours-on On october 23rd 2012, at the residence of France, HE Christine Robichon, Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, conferred on Mrs. Anoma Rajakaruna, the insignia of knight in the Ordre National du Mérite. Mrs. Rajakaruna is a photographer, a poet, a writer and a film maker as well as the … Continue reading France confers National Honours on Anoma Rajakaruna
Meeting with urban women
This project envisages to empower women in low income earning families in the urban areas of Colombo. We tried to identify the problems faced by the women living in low income earning families from selected 8 urban settlements identified in the Colombo city and in the areas near by. Several focal point discussions, workshops and … Continue reading Meeting with urban women
WMC Short Film Competition 2012 | Winners and Shortlist
First Place: Arambuma by Thisun Chandrasiri and Mathan Kumar Second Place: The Alert by Nipunika Fernando Third Place: Assai by Deva Aloysius
CEDAW training for local women’s organizations in the context of conflict and post-war Sri lanka
A 5 day Residential Training was held in Colombo, on the use of CEDAW and UNSCR 1325 for information gathering and documentation purposes in relation to issues faced by women affected by the conflict. The training was conducted by WMC and IWRAW-AP and was attended by 20 participants (4 each from 5 partner organizations) from … Continue reading CEDAW training for local women’s organizations in the context of conflict and post-war Sri lanka
Letter to the Sunday Lakbima – Request for Apology
WMC protests and condemns the cartoon by Hasantha Wijenayake in the Sunday Lakbima Newspaper on the 9th of September, 2012. See the embedded letter below.
WMC Director Dr. Sepali Kottegoda at the National Conference on “The Role of Women in Reconciliation”
WMC Director Dr. Sepali Kottegoda spoke at the National Conference on “The Role of Women in Reconciliation” on the 23rd of July 2012. Her presentation Do Women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘Reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace can be found below. Photo from http://www.kadirgamarinstitute.lk/