Category: Capacity Enhancing

XXV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace in Kathmandu, Nepal

The South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace, also known as the Sangat Month Long Course, is designed to offer clarity on and a greater understanding of concepts related to gender, justice, poverty, sustainable development, peace, democracy, and human rights. The course was founded in 1984. Thus far, … Continue reading XXV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace in Kathmandu, Nepal

Project on Empowering Young Women by raising awareness on Feminism

The first training of a trainer’s workshop (TOT Workshop) of the Project on Empowering young women by raising awareness on feminism for 20 women selected from around 400 young women studying in universities using the training manual on Justice Equality, Feminism for Justice prepared to raise awareness about feminism was held on February 18th,  2023 at … Continue reading Project on Empowering Young Women by raising awareness on Feminism

100 young women training – Galle / Matara

Capacity enhancing of 100 young women Local Councillors and members from political parties from the Districts of Galle and Matara. These women were trained in the field of governance, political advocacy and gender equality. The training was organised by WMC with the support of Rural Women’s Front and the Ruhuna Sisila Social Services Organisation from … Continue reading 100 young women training – Galle / Matara

Training of Local Council Women (Kurunegala)

The newly elected local councilors training comprised of 30 women local councilors who were elected from the Kurunegala District. These women local councilors were elected under the recently introduced, 25% quota for women, a law part of the Local Authorities Amendment act which was enacted in 2018. The training was a two day residential workshop … Continue reading Training of Local Council Women (Kurunegala)

Training on script writing – Short Film Competition

The Women and Media Collective’s Short Film Competition received many wonderful screenplays, the screenwriters who were shortlisted received a two-day training program on script writing and directing. The training program, which maintained social distancing precautions, was held on the 28th and 29th of August in Colombo. Veteran award winning director and lecturer of film studies, … Continue reading Training on script writing – Short Film Competition

Partner organisation meeting

An partner organisation meeting on women’s political representation was held in Colombo with women’s organizations from Galle, Kurunegala, Badulla, Kandy and Trincomalee. This meeting was to share organizations experiences from each of the districts while also discussing future plans for women’s representation in politics at the local, provincial and national level.