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National Women’s Convention 2016

The annual Sri Lankan National Women’s activists Convention organised by the Women and Media Collective was an opportunity to revisit ‘feminist understanding of the current political dynamics in Sri Lanka’. It brought together around 40 feminists and women activists, some representing organisations while others individually, to Wadduwa from the 14 – 16 of October 2016. The … Continue reading National Women’s Convention 2016

Consultation on Gender and Electoral Systems

The move to reform electoral systems in the country has generated a broad discussion, particularly around the participation of women in the political process. The proposed Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral systems is expected to use the First Past the Post (FPTP) and Proportional Representation (PR) voting systems enabling voters with greater privilege over the … Continue reading Consultation on Gender and Electoral Systems

Winners: WMC Short film competition 2016

Here are the winners of WMC short film competition for the year 2016. The screening and award ceremony will be held on the 31st of October 2016, Namel Malini Punchi Theatre, at 3 pm. 1st Place – Chapanika Nidarshanie Hewagama for the film Loohitha  2nd Place – Daminda Weerakoon for the film Naked Costumes  3rd Place – Rahula … Continue reading Winners: WMC Short film competition 2016

SOL 2016

ஆண்மைய அரசியலைக் கடந்து செல்லல்… மற்றும் அரசியலில் பெண்கள் Click here to download SOL 2016 ஆண்மைய அரசியலைக் கடந்து செல்லல்… மற்றும் அரசியலில் பெண்கள் (SOL 2016 ) by wmcsrilanka on Scribd

Action for a Peoples’ Constitution

යුක්තිය සහිත සාමයක් සහ දේශපාලන හා ආර්ථික සමානාත්මතාවය සහිත ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදයක් හා බලය බෙදා හැරිමක් සදහා නව ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදන ක‍්‍රියාවලිය ඓතිහාසික අවස්ථාවක් සපයා ඇත. ජනකොටස් අතරත්ලකලාපීය වශයෙනුත් ආර්ථික අසමානතාවයන් දිනෙන් දින වැඩිවෙමින් තිබේ. සෞඛ්‍ය සේවාවන්ලඅධ්‍යාපනය සහ සමාජ සුභසාධන සේවා දුර්වල වෙමින් පවතින අතර ස්වාභාවික සම්පත් විනාශ වෙමින් පවතී. මෙය දුප්පත්කමත්, ජනතාවගේ පීිඩාවනුත් වැඩි කිරිමට හේතු වන … Continue reading Action for a Peoples’ Constitution