Category: Conflict & Peace

XXV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace in Kathmandu, Nepal

The South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace, also known as the Sangat Month Long Course, is designed to offer clarity on and a greater understanding of concepts related to gender, justice, poverty, sustainable development, peace, democracy, and human rights. The course was founded in 1984. Thus far, … Continue reading XXV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace in Kathmandu, Nepal

Statement by the Women and Media Collective on the attacks against the peaceful GotaGoGama protest

May 2022 The Women and Media Collective strongly condemns the attacks against the peaceful GotaGoGama protest and struggle site at the Galle Face Green on the 9th of May 2022. This site of protest and struggle was established and occupied peacefully from the 9th of April by citizens protesting against a crisis resulting from severe … Continue reading Statement by the Women and Media Collective on the attacks against the peaceful GotaGoGama protest

Report of the Fact Finding Visit to Batticaloa – To study the impact of the Easter Sunday Bombings

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

Media Briefing: Women’s Manifesto for the Presidential Candidates of 2019

On behalf of women’s organization in the country the Women and Media Collective organized a media briefing in Colombo, on the 17th of October, to highlight the demands made by women in the recently drafted women’s manifesto. The women’s manifesto is a call to all presidential candidates, contesting for the presidential elections of 2019. According … Continue reading Media Briefing: Women’s Manifesto for the Presidential Candidates of 2019

Drafting of women’s manifesto for presidential candidates of 2019

As Sri Lanka’s presidential elections of 2019 draws near, women’s organizations and civil society activists in the country came together to draft a women’s manifesto addressed to all presidential candidates. The women’s manifesto consists of women’s demands, as a call for candidates to take action on a number of topics as outlined in the draft … Continue reading Drafting of women’s manifesto for presidential candidates of 2019

ඩාබිඳු හෙළු වසර තිස්පහක ගමන ගැන අද සතුටුයි

මූලාශ්‍රය: සමබිම ඔබ කාන්තා ක්‍රියාකාරිනියක් විදියට වැඩ කරන්න පටන් ගන්නේ කොහොමද? මම විවාහ වෙලා ඒකල කාර්මික ජනපදයට ආවා. යූනියන් කාබයිඩ්, පොලිටෙක්ස් ගාමන්ට් වගේ කර්මාන්ත ශාලා තිස් දෙකක් මේ කාර්මික ජනපදයේ තිබුණා. මගේ ස්වාමිපුරුෂයා ඒවයේ වෘත්තිය සමිතිවලට උපදේශකත්වය ලබා දුන්න කෙනෙක් විදියට වැඩ කළා. ඒ කාලේ මට මොනවද මේ කාන්තා අයිතිවාසිකම් කියල කිසිම අදහසක් තිබුණේ නැහැ. මම … Continue reading ඩාබිඳු හෙළු වසර තිස්පහක ගමන ගැන අද සතුටුයි

Thinakkural: தோட்டப்பகுதி பெண்களுக்கான ஏனைய தொழில் உரிமைகள் பற்றி கவனமெடுக்கப்படுவதில்லை

Source: Thinakkural கூட்டு ஒப்பந்தத்தில் சம்பள உயர்வு பற்றி பேசப்படுகின்ற போதிலும் பெண்களுக்கான ஏனைய தொழில் உரிமைகள் பற்றி கவனம் எடுக்கப்படுவதில்லை என்று உழைக்கும் பெண்கள் முன்னணியின்; பொதுச்செயலாளரும் சமூக அபிவிருத்தி நிறுவனத்தின் பெண்கள் தொடர்பான திட்ட முகாமையாளருமான யோகேஷ்வரி கிருஷ்ணன் தெரிவித்தார். தோட்டப்பகுதிகளில் பெண்கள் எதிர்நோக்கும் பிரச்சினைகளை உரிய இடங்களில் முன்வைப்பதற்கான சந்தர்ப்பம் அவர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படுவது இல்லை. தகுதியான பெண்கள் இருந்தாலும் அவர்களின் திறமைகள் தொழிலாளர்களின் அபிவிருத்திக்கு பயன்படுத்தப்படாத நிலைமையே காணப்படுகின்றது என்றும் அவர் சுட்டிக்காட்டினார். … Continue reading Thinakkural: தோட்டப்பகுதி பெண்களுக்கான ஏனைய தொழில் உரிமைகள் பற்றி கவனமெடுக்கப்படுவதில்லை