“ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” a panel hosted by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and co- sponsored by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET); Government of Sierra Leone; Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social (Latindadd); Debt for Justice Norway; UN Working Group on Discrimination against … Continue reading ”ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” – Women and Media Collective at CSW

The Women and Media Collective facilitated a field visit of 24 former women local councilors and women community leaders to the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) and Panchayats in Thrissur, Kerala from the 22nd to the 24th of January 2024. The women were from the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Galle, Batticaloa, Killinochchi, Mannar and … Continue reading Empowering Women Leaders: A Cross-Cultural Study Visit to Kerala’s Panchayat System

The second training of a trainer’s workshop (TOT Workshop) of the Project on Empowering young women by raising awareness on feminism for  using the training manual on Justice Equality, Feminism for Justice prepared to raise awareness about feminism was held on April 30th,  2023 at the Nature Gardens Hotel in Yakkala for the Gampaha region. The 25 … Continue reading Phase 2 – Project on Empowering Young Women by raising awareness on Feminism

Dear friends & fellow activists, This resource pack is a collection of forms, templates and tools that will help you improve and legitimize the documentation processes and record keeping practices within your network and/or organization. The objective of this resource pack is to promote transparency and encourage accountability in your organization’s everyday functions. Good recordkeeping … Continue reading Documentation and Record Keeping: A book full of hope

ස්ත්‍රීවාදය අධ්‍යයනය කිරීමට කැමති තරුණ ඔබ සදහා කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමුහිකයෙන් අවස්ථාවක්… ස්ත්‍රීවාදය සදහා උනන්දුවක් දක්වන ඔබ වයස අවුරුදු 18 – 30 අතර කාන්තාවක් නම් ඔබට අප හා එක්විය හැකියි. මෙම කතිකාවත සදහා අප ඔබට ආරාධනා කරමු. Application Form Sinhala

September 4th 2021 Sunila Abeyesekere was an iconic figure and remained one till she left us a few years ago. Her work continues through her many colleagues, adopted children and her daughter Subha Wijeyasiriwardene. I thought I would talk today about Sunila’s involvement in the seminal moments of the international violence against women movement. Given … Continue reading Sunila Abeysekera Memorial Lecture by Radhika Coomaraswamy

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27 November, 2019 Bangkok ThailandV Thank you, Chair. My name is Vica Larasati. I speak on behalf of over 300 feminists from 35 countries who attended the Asia and the Pacific Civil Society Forum and the Young Feminists’ Forum for the review of 25 years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. … Continue reading Civil Society Statement on Beijing+25 Review Intergovernmental Meeting

An partner organisation meeting on women’s political representation was held in Colombo with women’s organizations from Galle, Kurunegala, Badulla, Kandy and Trincomalee. This meeting was to share organizations experiences from each of the districts while also discussing future plans for women’s representation in politics at the local, provincial and national level.

MigrantForum Asia Mfa in collaboration with the Solidarity Centre South Asia office organized the South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) on 4-6 July 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Building on previous national consultations on the GCM and SDGs as well as the recently adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration … Continue reading South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration