WMC offers students from Sri Lankan universities the opportunity to work closely with our ongoing projects and related other work. We accept students currently in the final year of a bachelor’s degree or recently graduated in the fields of Political Sciences/Social sciences or Women’s Studies. If you are interested in undertaking an internship with the … Continue reading Internship Opportunities
Source: Counterpoint.lk Image: Ishara S. Kodikkara/Getty Images Amongst a set of recommendations released by the Women and Media Collective (WMC) for low-income communities living in Colombo and who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 related restrictions is a proposal that daily wage earners be supported for a minimum of 6 months (April to September) with … Continue reading In the Aftermath of COVID-19 Lockdown Low-Income and at-risk groups need better protections says WMC
Migration policy document on COVID-19 COVID-19: Immediate steps to be taken and subsequent course of action recommended to the Government of Sri Lanka to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrant workers. The document is available in Sinhala, English and Tamil. Click here to download link
Safeguard democracy, use your vote and use it wisely ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදය ආරක්ෂා කරන්න, ඔබේ ඡුන්දය ඥාණාන්විතව භාවිතා කරන්න. ஜனநாயகத்தைப் பாதுகாக்கவும், உங்கள் வாக்குகளைப் பயன்படுத்துவதுடன், அதனைப் புத்திசாலித்தனமாகப் பயன்படுத்தவும்.
Women activists met with the National Peoples Power (NPP) to present the Women’s Manifesto containing women’s demands from the country. The women’s manifesto was addressed to candidates of the parliamentary elections 2020 so that the demands made by women in the manifesto will be recognized and included in their party manifestos. NPP’s Colombo District Candidate … Continue reading Presenting of Women’s Manifesto to NPP
Policy Recommendations for Post COVID-19 Lockdown Relief and Recovery: Low-income families, daily waged workers and vulnerable communities in Colombo district 22 June 2020 On the 11th of March 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) responding to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus declared the outbreak of the disease a pandemic. As with all countries across the … Continue reading Policy Recommendations for Post COVID-19 Lockdown Relief and Recovery
Congratulations to all those who got selected as scriptwriters for the WMC short film competition 2020. This years theme for the competition is on Unpaid Care Work. Here are the selected script writers. We will see you at the workshop. 1 A.R. FATHIMA ASRIN 2 ANURA DESHAPRIYA WIJESINGHE 3 CHANDRIKA MUNASINGHE 4 GNANAMATHANGI SELVARASA 5 … Continue reading Shortlisted scriptwriters: WMC Short Film competition 2020
Wishing everyone a happy, safe and blessed Ramadan! Eid Mubarak!
20th April 2020 We are a group of six women’s organisations based in different districts of the country, engaged in work to increase women’s representation in politics for over two decades. We note with grave concern reports and speculation in various media sites that the President is to call Parliamentary elections, possibly for the end … Continue reading Women’s rights organizations call to postpone parliamentary elections 2020 and to reconvene Parliament