Women, Quota and the Press: Media coverage of the 2018 Local Government elections A research on newspaper reporting around the historic 25% quota for women in Local Government from September 2017 – December 2018 Click here to download
The women’s quota, introduced in February 2018, has significantly increased women’s representation in local level democracy. It has paved the way for otherwise politically marginalized local level women political actors to enter into local councils. The findings of this study provide compelling insights into the background of the women politicians who contested the February 2018 … Continue reading Necessary yet Insufficient: Women’s quota for wider political representation in Sri Lanka
This module has been created to train young women on democracy, governance, politics and leadership through a women’s rights perspective. It is most suitable for young women who are councilors in Local Government and those who are members of political parties. Click here to download Sinhala module Click here to download Tamil module
This booklet is compiled for first respondents to assist potential victims in an appropriate manner. The booklet contains information on Introduction to Trafficked in Persons, Importance of reporting and documenting, Checklist, Task Force, Referrals available, and follow up. Click here to download
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.
This is a manual for practicing counselors on how to address domestic and family violence faced by Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender women in Sri Lanka. The manual was developed by Women and Media Collective together with OutRight International. Click here to read or download the manual.
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Blog: eroticslka.wordpress.com Disrupting the Binary Code: Experiences of LGBT Sri Lankan’s Online, a research study looking at sexuality and ICT’s was launched recently. As part of the EROTICS South Asia Network, (short for exploratory research on ICT’s and sexuality), the study was conducted in partner with the Association for Progressive Communications. The EROTICS research, unpacks … Continue reading EROTICS: ‘Disrupting the Binary Code: Experiences of LGBT Sri Lankan’s Online’ (Study Launch)