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Safeguard democracy, use your vote and use it wisely  ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදය ආරක්ෂා කරන්න, ඔබේ ඡුන්දය ඥාණාන්විතව භාවිතා කරන්න. ஜனநாயகத்தைப் பாதுகாக்கவும், உங்கள் வாக்குகளைப் பயன்படுத்துவதுடன், அதனைப் புத்திசாலித்தனமாகப் பயன்படுத்தவும்.   

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

A social media training was held in Colombo for women activists from the areas of Galle, Badulla, Kurunegala and Colombo. The training focused on online advocacy and activism. It was facilitated by Subha Wijesiriwardena of WMC.

Source: GenderIT.org Blog: eroticslka.wordpress.com By Subha Wijesiriwardena “Sexuality could indeed be spoken of, spoken of a great deal, but only in order to forbid it.” Michel Foucault (as interviewed by Bernard-Henri Lévy in 1977) Earlier this year, the telecommunications minister of Bangladesh declared a ‘war on pornography’, blocking access to around 20,000 websites and banning TikTok, the … Continue reading Private Parts: Obscenity and Censorship in the Digital Age

A workshop on Social Media for local council women members in the Ampara District was held in the Advanced Technological Institute Section in Samanthurai. This was a one day workshop held on the 17th of December 2018. 26 women local council members participated in the workshop. Both Sinhala and Tamil members attended the workshop where … Continue reading Social media workshop for local councilors (Ampara)

A social media training for potential and qualified women candidates and women from Civil Society Organisations was held on the 28th of September at the Distance Learning Centre in Colombo. The training programme introduced participants to social media platforms, enabling them to have the skills to engage with an audience online. For the introductory session … Continue reading Social Media workshop for women candidates and activists

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Source: OutRight International Dear Friend, Since 2016, OutRight has been working with our Sri Lankan partner Women’s Media Collective (WMC) to address issues of domestic and family violence against lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. OutRight’s research has shown that in Sri Lanka almost all LBT people interviewed for a 2014 report experienced family violence, over … Continue reading Combating domestic violence against LBT people – OutRight