Category: Care work

WMC Launch of the pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities

The Women and Media Collective launched their pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities on 19th October 2023 in Colombo. This pioneering pilot study brings into focus unpaid care work of the primary caregiver of vulnerable family members including elders and persons with disabilities. The aim is to highlight some of the … Continue reading WMC Launch of the pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities

Empowering Women’s Rights Advocates through CEDAW and Macroeconomics: A Five-Day Workshop

In the realm of women’s rights and gender equality, there is an ongoing battle to challenge the status quo, particularly when it comes to the economic policies that have often led to the violation of women’s human rights. In this pursuit, the Women and Media Collective (WMC) and the International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia … Continue reading Empowering Women’s Rights Advocates through CEDAW and Macroeconomics: A Five-Day Workshop

𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘! 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬! – 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀

PRESS RELEASE 11 August 2023 Colombo, Sri Lanka 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘! 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬! 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 Women’s rights groups in Sri Lanka reject the current debt restructuring solutions that place the burden of repayment on Sri Lanka’s working classes, particularly its women. … Continue reading 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘! 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬! – 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀

Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope

Dr Sepali Kottegoda, Director of Programs, Women’s Economic Rights and Media and Editor of Working Hours , will be discussing  some hard facts about the unrecognised, unpaid and under-valued contribution made by women to the economy are revealed  on Kaleidoscope Let’s Talk this Thursday. with Savithri Rodrigo on the 13th of July. Tune in on … Continue reading Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope

Launching of the Conference Volume on Unpaid Care Work – “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work”

The Women and Media Collective launched its Conference Volume Titled “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work” on the 12th of June 2023, compiling a selection of research papers presented at the Conference on ‘Equality & Equity in Recognising Unpaid Care Work and Women’s Labour in South Asia’ convened by the Women and … Continue reading Launching of the Conference Volume on Unpaid Care Work – “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work”

House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

Today, the 1st of May is International Workers’ day. As we celebrate wage earning workers today, let’s also accept that Unpaid Care Work is also work. #HouseWorkisWork #RecogniseUnpaidCareWork #ValueUnpaidCareWork #MayDay #LabourDay අද, මැයි 01 ලෝක කම්කරු දිනයයි. ගෙවීමක් හෝ වැටුපක් ලබන කම්කරුවන් සමරන අද දින‍යේ ‘නොගෙවූ සුරැකුම් වැඩ’ ත් ‘වැඩ’ බව පිළිගන්න. #ගෙදරවැඩත්වැඩ #නොගෙවූසුරැකුම්වැඩහඳුනාගන්න #වැටුප්නොලබනසුරැකුම්වැඩඅගයකරන්න … Continue reading House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

The Women and Media Collective Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony 2023

The Annual Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony of the Women and Media Collective was held on the 4th of April 2023, at the Thranganie Hall of the National Film Cooperation from 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm. The Festival celebrated the finalist film makers of the Short Film Competition held in the month of February … Continue reading The Women and Media Collective Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony 2023

RECOGNIZING, REDUCING AND REDISTRIBUTING WOMEN’S UNPAID CARE WORK IN SRI LANKA

The Women and Media Collective held a Policy Dialogue on Unpaid Care Work on 31st March 2023 at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo from 9 am to 1.00 pm Economic development, expanding production, trade and services has undoubtedly brought more women into the labour force in Sri Lanka, albeit slowly. However, there is a marked … Continue reading RECOGNIZING, REDUCING AND REDISTRIBUTING WOMEN’S UNPAID CARE WORK IN SRI LANKA

International Widows Day 2022

ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නිසා භාණ්ඩ හා සේවා මිල ඉතා ඉහළ යෑම හමුවේ බඩගින්නේ සිටින තැනැත්තන්ගේ ප‍්‍රමාණය දිනෙන් දින වැඩිවීම අද ප‍්‍රධාන ජනමාධ්‍ය සහ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා අපි දකින සුලබ කාරණයක් වී ඇත. 2019 වසරේ සියයට 13.1 ක් වූ දරිද්‍රතා අගය 2022 වනවිට 25.6 දක්වා වර්ධනය වන බවත් පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හමුවේ තවදුරටත් මිලියන 2.5 කට අධික … Continue reading International Widows Day 2022