Author: wnm@media

Documentary on migrant worker Ariyawathie

ACTFORM produced a documentary on Ariyawathie from Hakmana, Matara (in the Southern Province) who was inhumanely tortured while working in Saudi Arabia in 2010 by her employers who hammered nails into various parts of her body. The documentary is in Sinhala with English subtitles. DVDs were distributed to relevant Ministries, migrant worker organizations, trade unions etc. and … Continue reading Documentary on migrant worker Ariyawathie

Advocacy for translating migrant worker policy into law and its enforcement

WMC representative is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Labour Migration Policy. We have proposed district level committees involving local government bodies, divisional secretariats and community organizations to initiate better linkages for implementation of aspects of the policy. Discussions are being held between the Committee, the Foreign Employment Bureau and the Ministry, the … Continue reading Advocacy for translating migrant worker policy into law and its enforcement

Press conference on the ILO Convention and the current state of Sri Lankan women migrant workers

Background to press conference   In the recent past, there has been an increase in the number of women migrating. Many of them go to the Middle East as migrant workers and the majority among them are Muslim, Sinhala and Tamil women.   It is common knowledge that these migrant workers, whether they are from … Continue reading Press conference on the ILO Convention and the current state of Sri Lankan women migrant workers

Local Government Election 2011

කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය 2011 පළාත් පාලන ඡුන්ද විමසීමේ දී අපේක්ෂිකාවන්ට නාම යෝජනා වැඩියෙන් ලබාගැනීමටත් ඉන් පසුව ඔවුන්ට ඡුන්දය ලබා දෙන ලෙසත් ඉල්ලා ප‍්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයක් දියත් කෙළේය. (ප‍්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපාරයේ විස්තර සඳහා මාධ්‍ය පිටුව බලන්න.)   කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය මගින් ස්ත‍්‍රීන් 181 දෙනෙක් නාම යෝජනා ලබාගැනීම සඳහා ඉදිරිපත් කළ අතර ඉන් 72කට නාමයෝජනා ලැබිණ. ඉන් … Continue reading Local Government Election 2011