Category: Discriminatory Laws

Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement

In a historic move, over 145 civil society personalities including academics, professionals and human rights advocates and over 44 organizations, declare their support for Sri Lankan Muslim women and girls agitating for long years for reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (MMDA). Solidarity for Muslim women victims and activists is an open acknowledgment of … Continue reading Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement

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

Statement about progress of petition filed against ‘liquor ban’, by women’s group and 16 individual petitioners

9 July 2018 The Supreme Court today, in an unanimous order, granted Petitioners, Women and Media Collective (WMC), Women’s Education and Research Centre(WERC), and the Centre for Women’s Research (CENWOR), and 16 other individual female petitioners, leave to proceed with their petition challenging the constitutionality of the recent Gazette notification which restricts women’s rights to … Continue reading Statement about progress of petition filed against ‘liquor ban’, by women’s group and 16 individual petitioners

Sri Lanka consultation on CEDAW shadow report

A consultation focusing on the Sri Lanka Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LBT) shadow report, submitted to Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at the Sixty-sixth session, was held in Wadduwa recently. The consultation brought together rights activists and members of women’s rights and LGBT organisations to discuss the contents of the report … Continue reading Sri Lanka consultation on CEDAW shadow report

CEDAW ඡායා වාර්තාව: ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ සමකාමී කාන්තාවන්, ද්විලිංගික කාන්තාවන් සහ සංක්‍රාන්ති සමාජභාවී පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහි වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම.

CEDAW ඡායා වාර්තාව: ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ සමකාමී කාන්තාවන්, ද්විලිංගික කාන්තාවන් සහ සංක්‍රාන්ති සමාජභාවී පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහි වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම 2018 පෙබරවාරි මස 13 සිට මාර්තු මස 03 දක්වා ස්විස්ටර්ලන්තයේ ජිනීවා නුවර පැවති කාන්තාවන්ට එරෙහි සියලූ‍ ආකාරයේ වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම් මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම සඳහා වන කමිටුවේ (CEDAW) 66 වන සැසි වාරයට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලදී. ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම ශ‍්‍රී ලංකාවේ, කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය … Continue reading CEDAW ඡායා වාර්තාව: ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ සමකාමී කාන්තාවන්, ද්විලිංගික කාන්තාවන් සහ සංක්‍රාන්ති සමාජභාවී පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහි වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම.