The Women and Media Collective as a civil society organization that continues to engage in advocating for equal opportunities and democratic rights, believe that it is our duty to voice our opinion on the Proposed Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill and the proposed amendments to the Universities Act no. 16 of 1978. Read our … Continue reading Statement on the proposed Kotelawala National Defence University Bill and the proposed Amendments to the Universities Act

There was a time when birth was spiritual. When birth attendants possessed knowledge of traditional ayurvedic medicines and practices. When the care of pregnant, laboring and postpartum women was provided by people who felt like family. What happened to birth in Sri Lanka? And what happened to the women who were once at the center … Continue reading The Darkest Light Podcast: Are traditional midwifes history?

Today is the world against trafficking day. Countries the world over are affected by Human Trafficking, mostly targeting women and girls. The covid-19 pandemic has made countries such as Sri Lanka a place vulnerable for human trafficking making it crucial to therefore to share the services available for the survivors and victims of trafficking. With … Continue reading World Day against trafficking 2021

To: THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE (PSC) APPOINTED TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE REFORMS OF THE ELECTION LAWS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND TO RECOMMEND NECESSARY AMENDMENTS From: WOMEN AND MEDIA COLLECTIVE; WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE, KURUNEGALA DISTRICT; WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, BADULLA DISTRICT; WOMEN’S SOLIDARITY FRONT, KANDY DISTRICT; RURAL WOMEN’S FRONT, GALLE DISTRICT AND VILUTHU CENTRE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE … Continue reading Submissions on Electoral Reforms – July 2021

Source: Groundviews A few weeks ago Sri Lanka’s own #metoo movement came out in strong condemnation of incidents of sexual harassment that came to light as a number of professionals began to speak out. Journalists, mostly women, began sharing the harrowing experiences they have encountered in the news rooms of Sri Lanka. They courageously narrated … Continue reading Harnessing Sri Lanka’s #metoo Moment into a Movement

‘‘රටේ අනෙකුත් ආර්ථික ක්‍රෙෂ්ත‍්‍ර කඩාවැටුණු වෙලාවක ඇඟළුම් කම්කරු ස්ත‍්‍රීන්ට සිදුවුණේ අතිවිශාල අවදානමක් අරගෙන රැකියාවට යන්න. ඒ තමන්ගේ දරුවෙක් පවා රැකබලාගන්න හරිහැටි දිවාසුරැකුම් මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්වත් නැති, ලොක්ඩවුන් අවස්ථවලදී ගෙදර සිටි වැඩිමනත් පුරුෂයින්ගෙන් පවා සහායක් නොමැතිව අන්ත අසරණව.’’ – චමිලා තුෂාරි කොවිඩ් 19 හමුවේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාප ඇගළුම් සේවකයින් මුහුණ දුන් අභියෝග ගැන ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකයේ වැඩසටහන් … Continue reading Zoom Chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Sumika Perera

‘‘රටේ අනෙකුත් ආර්ථික ක්‍රෙෂ්ත‍්‍ර කඩාවැටුණු වෙලාවක ඇඟළුම් කම්කරු ස්ත‍්‍රීන්ට සිදුවුණේ අතිවිශාල අවදානමක් අරගෙන රැකියාවට යන්න. ඒ තමන්ගේ දරුවෙක් පවා රැකබලාගන්න හරිහැටි දිවාසුරැකුම් මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්වත් නැති, ලොක්ඩවුන් අවස්ථවලදී ගෙදර සිටි වැඩිමනත් පුරුෂයින්ගෙන් පවා සහායක් නොමැතිව අන්ත අසරණව.’’ – චමිලා තුෂාරි කොවිඩ් 19 හමුවේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාප ඇගළුම් සේවකයින් මුහුණ දුන් අභියෝග ගැන ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකයේ වැඩසටහන් … Continue reading Zoom Chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Chamila Thushari

Until the world is free from this pandemic, we should continue to follow the recommended health guidelines to stay safe. Wishing everyone a safe and healthy Vesak season!🙏

Women and Media Collective held a Children’s art Competition on “What I think of Care Work” All photographed paintings in this video are for online exhibition purposes only. If anyone wishes to republish, reuse or recreate social media posts, please credit the artist in question and the Women and Media Collective. ———- In celebration of … Continue reading WMC Children’s Art Exhibition 2021

The WMC short film festival and children’s art exhibition award ceremony was held on 29th March 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. The theme of the short films and art work submitted was on Unpaid Care Work.