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Invitation: Celebrating the life of Sunila Abeysekera

We warmly welcome you to this commemoration lecture as we celebrate Sunila’s inspiring and courageous life of feminist and human rights activism and movement building locally and internationally. “The Human Cost of Sri Lanka’s Economic Collapse” by Dr. Sonali Deraniyagala Sunday, September 4th 2022, at 6:30 PM IST. Join Zoom Meeting – Link Meeting ID: … Continue reading Invitation: Celebrating the life of Sunila Abeysekera

Media Briefing: Women for Democratic Struggles

Women for Democratic Struggles, a coalition of women’s groups held a press briefing yesterday and called for the government to recognize the demands made by the Aragalaya for systematic/structural change, including the abolition of the executive presidency, more involvement of the people, including women and youth in democratic decision making, through the implementation of a … Continue reading Media Briefing: Women for Democratic Struggles

Award for excellence for lifetime achievement in journalism (IWD 2022)

To mark international women’s day 2022 awards for excellence for lifetime achievement in journalism was presented to five women journalists on International Women’s Day. The awards were presented to Annalakshmi Rajadurai an editor of many Tamil literary writings and cultural magazines published by Virakesary, Ananthi Balasingham lecturer in journalism at the Colombo University, Open University … Continue reading Award for excellence for lifetime achievement in journalism (IWD 2022)

සුනිලා අබේසේකර සහෝදරියගේ 08 වන ගුණානුස්මරණය නිමිත්තෙන්…

“කෝවිඩ් – 19 වසංගත තත්වය තුළ අපගේ සමාජ ක්‍රියාකාරිත්වය හමුවේ පවතින අභියෝග” යන මැයෙන් කාන්තා ක්‍රියාකාරීන් අතර කතිකාවක් ආරම්භක අදහස් දැක්වීම – සුමිකා පෙරේරා, ස්ත්‍රී සම්පත් මධ්‍යස්තානය සම්බන්ධීකරණය – වයලා පෙරේරා, කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමුහිකය

Sunila Abeysekera Memorial Lecture by Radhika Coomaraswamy

September 4th 2021 Sunila Abeyesekere was an iconic figure and remained one till she left us a few years ago. Her work continues through her many colleagues, adopted children and her daughter Subha Wijeyasiriwardene. I thought I would talk today about Sunila’s involvement in the seminal moments of the international violence against women movement. Given … Continue reading Sunila Abeysekera Memorial Lecture by Radhika Coomaraswamy

Invitation – Sunila Abeysekera Memorial Lecture

Dear Friends, We are pleased to invite you to a Memorial Lecture to commemorate our Founder, Human Rights Defender and Feminist Activist, Sunila Abeysekera. It has been 8 years since her passing. Each year we come together to remember her life and her immense contribution to the feminist movement. This year, amidst a global pandemic, … Continue reading Invitation – Sunila Abeysekera Memorial Lecture