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A more nuanced understanding of masculinities & femininities, gender & sexuality among women’s groups, human rights groups and civil society

This research is currently ongoing. While it is still too early to determine the outcome or impact of this research, it must be noted that there is online casino already an element of awareness raising no issues relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) in the process of conducting the interviews.

National Consultation on CEDAW Concluding Observations

On 16th September, a National Consultation on the CEDAW COs was held at Renuka Hotel, Colombo. It was attended by almost 70 participants from NGOs and CBOs from 12 districts (Colombo, Puttalam, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Monaragala, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Galle, Gampaha, Trincomalee, & Hambantota). The purpose of this consultation was to share the CEDAW COs … Continue reading National Consultation on CEDAW Concluding Observations

Meeting with National Committee on Women (NCW) – Consultation with the CEDAW Concluding Observations

Since May 2011, the WMC initiated a discussion with NCW on the importance of conducting a meeting to discuss strategies to implement the CEDAW Concluding Observations at the national level. The NCW agreed to hold a meeting with various government officials and was willing to invite selected NGOs as well in order to make it … Continue reading Meeting with National Committee on Women (NCW) – Consultation with the CEDAW Concluding Observations

International Advocacy for CEDAW General Recommendation on Armed Conflict and Women

Following on from the ‘Global Consultation on the Application of Women’s Human Rights framework on the issues of Women in Conflict Situations’ held in Colombo in October 2010, the Colombo Group which includes WMC continued to work closely with the CEDAW Committee assisting with the elaboration of a General Recommendation to CEDAW on women and … Continue reading International Advocacy for CEDAW General Recommendation on Armed Conflict and Women

Meetings with members of political parties

එළඹෙන පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සඳහා පැවැත්වෙන ඡුන්ද විමසීමේ දී ස්ත‍්‍රීන් සඳහා ලබාදෙන නාමයෝජනා සහ ඡුන්ද ප‍්‍රමාණය වැඩි කිරීමේ ව්‍යාපෘතියේ ක‍්‍රියාකාරකමක් වශයෙන් කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සාමාජිකයින් සමඟ රැුස්වීම් ගණනාවක් පැවැත් වූහ. ඉදිරියේ එළඹෙන පාළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඡුන්ද විමසීමේ දී ස්ත‍්‍රීන්ට ලබාදෙන නාමයෝජනා ප‍්‍රමාණය වැඩිකරන මෙන් පක්ෂ නායකත්වයෙන් ඉල්ලීම් කෙරිණ. ඔවුන් මුණගැසීමේ අනෙක් අරමුණ … Continue reading Meetings with members of political parties