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Zoom Chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Sumika Perera

‘‘රටේ අනෙකුත් ආර්ථික ක්‍රෙෂ්ත‍්‍ර කඩාවැටුණු වෙලාවක ඇඟළුම් කම්කරු ස්ත‍්‍රීන්ට සිදුවුණේ අතිවිශාල අවදානමක් අරගෙන රැකියාවට යන්න. ඒ තමන්ගේ දරුවෙක් පවා රැකබලාගන්න හරිහැටි දිවාසුරැකුම් මධ්‍යස්ථානයක්වත් නැති, ලොක්ඩවුන් අවස්ථවලදී ගෙදර සිටි වැඩිමනත් පුරුෂයින්ගෙන් පවා සහායක් නොමැතිව අන්ත අසරණව.’’ – චමිලා තුෂාරි කොවිඩ් 19 හමුවේ ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිදහස් වෙළඳ කලාප ඇගළුම් සේවකයින් මුහුණ දුන් අභියෝග ගැන ඩාබිඳු සාමූහිකයේ වැඩසටහන් … Continue reading Zoom Chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Sumika Perera

Statement on the discourse surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne

Statement on the Discourse Surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne March 2021 by WMC Download statement Sinhala, English, Tamil Several factors surrounding the discourse of Bhagya Abeyratne and her statement on environmental destruction on national television have been a cause for concern. We, as the Women and Media Collective, an organisation engaged in advocating for social justice and … Continue reading Statement on the discourse surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne

WMC Short film Festival invitation

සහභාගිවීමට Online මගින් පෙර ලියාපදිංචි වීම අනිවාර්ය වේ. Online மூலம் முன் பதிவூசெய்தல் கட்டாயமாகும். Online registration is compulsory prior to arrival to the venue. Register now https://forms.gle/7Ez5PwyJzVXD7a6j7

Celebrating International Women’s day and Women’s History Month, 2021

This year, we are celebrating two significant events on our calendar, International Women’s Day on the 8th of March, 2021 and Women’s History Month in the month of March 2021 through our online platforms by sharing with you insightful media posts on our blog, website and social media sites. For the purpose of celebrating women’s … Continue reading Celebrating International Women’s day and Women’s History Month, 2021

Necessary yet Insufficient: Women’s quota for wider political representation in Sri Lanka

The women’s quota, introduced in February 2018, has significantly increased women’s representation in local level democracy. It has paved the way for otherwise politically marginalized local level women political actors to enter into local councils. The findings of this study provide compelling insights into the background of the women politicians who contested the February 2018 … Continue reading Necessary yet Insufficient: Women’s quota for wider political representation in Sri Lanka