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International Women’s Day 2013

අද (8th of March 2013) ජාත්‍යන්තර කාන්තා දින සැමරුම ‘ස්ත‍්‍රී ඳුෂණ හා ඝාතන වහා නවතනු’ යන සටන් පාඨයත් සමඟ නුගෝගොඩ වැලිපාක් නාගරික තෙත්බිම් උද්‍යානයෙන් සිට පාගමනකින් ඇරඹිණි. මෙම පාගමන නුගේගොඩ ආනන්ද සමරකෝන් එළි මහන් රංග පීඨය දක්වා සටන් පාඨ හා බයිසිකල්වල නැගි කාන්තා ක‍්‍රියාකාරිනිය, වීදි නාට්‍ය, විරිඳු හා වැනි විශේෂාංගයන්ගේ දායකත්වයෙන් යුතු විය. කාන්තා දින … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2013

Women protest against the current spate of rape and child abuse

A demonstration was held on the 20th of July 2012 at Lipton Circus, Town Hall, Colombo. It was convened by Kamini M. Vitarana and women gathered to protest the current spate of incidents of violence against women and children, remarks by the police that this is “the fault of the parents” and the inability of … Continue reading Women protest against the current spate of rape and child abuse

Vote for a Woman Campaign

On national level, the campaign consisted of newspaper, television and radio advertisements and also a hoarding. Newspaper advertisements – Two advertisements were published in Sinhala and Tamil newspapers from the 8th – 15th March. Television advertisements 
- This campaign went on for one week with Sinhala advertisements (http://youtu.be/vQClplKA5JQ) broadcast on Swarnawahini, ITN and Sirasa TV and … Continue reading Vote for a Woman Campaign