The Women and Media Collective (WMC) together with 23 Women’s organisations expressed their concern to the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government on the reported negotiations to reformulate the enacted 25% quota for women in Local Authorities. In order to ensure that the current provision of a 25% quota … Continue reading Women’s groups move to secure the 25% quota for women in Local Government

Dr. Sepali Kottegoda of WMC, was on the opening plenary on the 14th of July, 2017, at the South Asia Women’s Fund (SAWF) Regional Feminist Movements in Kathmandu, Nepal. She discussed the current global and regional political climate and its impact on women’s rights organisations. Renu Rajbandani (Nepal), Sara Hossain (Bangladesh), Huma (India), and Farida … Continue reading SAWF Regional Meeting

Blog: eroticslka.wordpress.com  By Sharanya Sekaram The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a multi-stakeholder platform that facilitates the discussion of public policy issues pertaining to the Internet. From the 16th to the 18th of May, the Sri Lanka Internet Governance Forum convened for the second time in Colombo. Hosted by the Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter, … Continue reading EROTICS: Women’s Internet Governance Forum Sri Lanka 2017: A Reflection

The month of March is Women’s History Month which coincides with International Women’s Day. Thus in celebration of IWD 2017, we are featuring some of the most remarkable women from Sri Lanka. These info-graphics are profiles of women and their contributions to society and to the feminist movement. Women’s history month is an annual declared … Continue reading Women’s History Month on IWD 2017

As part of the Commission’s International Women’s Day celebrations, please join Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins for a special International Women’s Day RightsTalk on gender equality and women’s work and care on the 2nd March 2017.

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අනාගතවාදී නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහා ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ පෙළගැස්ම Click here to download the publication Constitution Reforming (Sin… by wmcsrilanka on Scribd