This statement by Civil Society activists and organisations condemns the statement by the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka, in response to the submission made by human rights lawyer and advocate, Ambika Satkunanathan, to the EU Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Human Rights, recently. English Statement Sinhala Statement Tamil Statement
January 2022 Women and Media Collective (WMC) as an organization that has worked towards increasing political participation and continues to engage in advocating for electoral reform and the greater exercise of democratic rights, believe that it is the duty of the public to question the Gazette (No. 2262-08 dated 10.01.2022) issued on the postponement of … Continue reading Statement on the Gazette to Postpone Local Government Elections by a year
This study is based on the observations of the proceedings of 25 selected Local Authorities in the districts of Kurunegala, Galle, Badulla, NuwaraEliya and Trincomalee. WMC through five partner organisations observed 5 Pradeshiya Sabha’s of each District to examine how women took on their responsibilities as a local councillor, the extent to which they were … Continue reading Women, Quota and Local Councils
On 5-6 December 2021, a fact-finding team visited Batticaloa to ascertain the impact of the Easter Sunday bombings on the Christian and Muslim communities in Batticaloa two and a half years after the incident. The team was conscious of the fact that inter and intracommunity tensions in the Eastern Province, which were not dealt with … Continue reading Report of the Fact Finding Visit to Batticaloa – To study the impact of the Easter Sunday Bombings
Download English statement Sinhala Statement Tamil Statement During the Parliamentary debate on the Budget on the 20th of November, MP Janaka Thissakutti Arachchi used misogynist and sexist language against MP Rohini Kumari Wijerathna. He ridiculed her very valid remarks in opposition to the Budget, to make her statement seem an ugly joke. As repulsive as … Continue reading WMC Statement on MP Thissakutti Arachchi’s misogynist comments and unethical behaviour in Parliament
Postponed to January 2022 Breaking the glass ceiling in cinema! Women DOP Master Class December 3rd and 4th, 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation
Download English statement, Sinhala statement Tamil statement The facts The President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law comprising of 13 members. Invoking the Fundamental Rights chapter of the Constitution and International Law, his gazette says the purpose is to ensure the implementation and protection of … Continue reading Statement on the One Country, One Law Task Force appointed by the President of Sri Lanka on 26.10.2021
Job Description: Executive Director The Women and Media Collective (WMC) – a feminist organization working on women’s rights and gender equality – seeks a leader with strong feminist values as their Executive Director. The candidate will be a dynamic, experienced, values-driven leader capable of building on WMC’s history of working towards social transformation through media … Continue reading Vacancy for Executive Director
Response to statement published on parliamentary website on 11.10.2021 By the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to identify appropriate reforms of the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend necessary amendments. English Sinhala Tamil
Dear friends, In the last two days I have made so many unsuccessful attempts to write this letter to you. Just don’t know what to say, how to say it. Words seem so frivolous, so inadequate. Yet I must write and tell you….that our fear, which many of us experienced every day reading the news … Continue reading A tribute to Kamla Bhasin by SANGAT Sri Lanka