Category: Gender and Work

OPEN CALL – TOT Sessions CEDAW and Macroeconomics: Advancing Gender Equality through Feminist, Human Rights-Based Economic Advocacy.

The Women & Media Collective (WMC) and International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) will be co-hosting a training of trainers (ToT), entitled CEDAW and Macroeconomics: Advancing Gender Equality through Feminist, Human Rights-Based Economic Advocacy. The ToT is a three-day in-person gathering in Negombo, scheduled for 5-7 July 2023. The training sessions will be conducted in English … Continue reading OPEN CALL – TOT Sessions CEDAW and Macroeconomics: Advancing Gender Equality through Feminist, Human Rights-Based Economic Advocacy.

House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

Today, the 1st of May is International Workers’ day. As we celebrate wage earning workers today, let’s also accept that Unpaid Care Work is also work. #HouseWorkisWork #RecogniseUnpaidCareWork #ValueUnpaidCareWork #MayDay #LabourDay අද, මැයි 01 ලෝක කම්කරු දිනයයි. ගෙවීමක් හෝ වැටුපක් ලබන කම්කරුවන් සමරන අද දින‍යේ ‘නොගෙවූ සුරැකුම් වැඩ’ ත් ‘වැඩ’ බව පිළිගන්න. #ගෙදරවැඩත්වැඩ #නොගෙවූසුරැකුම්වැඩහඳුනාගන්න #වැටුප්නොලබනසුරැකුම්වැඩඅගයකරන්න … Continue reading House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

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

The Women and Media Collective Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony 2023

The Annual Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony of the Women and Media Collective was held on the 4th of April 2023, at the Thranganie Hall of the National Film Cooperation from 2.30 pm to 5.00 pm. The Festival celebrated the finalist film makers of the Short Film Competition held in the month of February … Continue reading The Women and Media Collective Short Film Festival and Award Ceremony 2023

The Women and Media Collective’s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2023

Women and Media Collective  commemorated International Women’s Day and  Women’s History Month 2023 with a discussion on the,“Challenges in the midst of the current socio – economic & political context of Sri Lanka and potential solutions”,  Tuesday, March 21 st, 2023 from 9.30 a.m to 1.00 p.m at the Organization of Professionals Association (OPA) Hall … Continue reading The Women and Media Collective’s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2023

RECOGNIZING, REDUCING AND REDISTRIBUTING WOMEN’S UNPAID CARE WORK IN SRI LANKA

The Women and Media Collective held a Policy Dialogue on Unpaid Care Work on 31st March 2023 at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo from 9 am to 1.00 pm Economic development, expanding production, trade and services has undoubtedly brought more women into the labour force in Sri Lanka, albeit slowly. However, there is a marked … Continue reading RECOGNIZING, REDUCING AND REDISTRIBUTING WOMEN’S UNPAID CARE WORK IN SRI LANKA

Let us ensure the job security of the migrant workers who are affected by the economic recession.

Let us celebrate the International Migrants’ Day that falls on the 18th December 2022. Source: Daily News Today we celebrate the 23rd International Migrants’ Day of the migrant workers, which was declared by the United Nations Organisation in the year 2000. The International Migrants’ Day is celebrated every year in order to salute the migrant … Continue reading Let us ensure the job security of the migrant workers who are affected by the economic recession.

ආර්ථික අවපාතය හමුවේ පීඩාවට පත්ව ඇති සංක්‍රමණික සේවකයින්ගේ වෘත්තීය සුරක්ෂිතභාවය තහවුරු කරමුු.

2022 දෙසැම්බර් 18 දිනට යෙදෙන ජාත්‍යන්තර සංක්‍රමණික දිනය අපි මෙසේ සමරමු. මේ අප සමරන්නේ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංවිධානය විසින් 2000 වසරේදී නම් කරන ලද සංක්‍රමණික සේවකයින්ගේ විසි තුන්වන ජාත්‍යන්තර සංක්‍රමණික දිනයයි. රටේ ආර්ථික සංවර්ධනයට සුවිශේෂී දායකත්වයක් ලබාදෙන සංක්‍රමණික සේවකයින් අගයමින් අප සෑම වසරකම ජාත්‍යන්තර සංක්‍රමණික දිනය සමරන්නෙමු. සංක්‍රමණික සේවකයින්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම්, මානව හිමිකම් වශයෙන් සැලකිය යුතු බව … Continue reading ආර්ථික අවපාතය හමුවේ පීඩාවට පත්ව ඇති සංක්‍රමණික සේවකයින්ගේ වෘත්තීය සුරක්ෂිතභාවය තහවුරු කරමුු.