Category: Discriminatory Laws

EROTICS: ‘Disrupting the Binary Code: Experiences of LGBT Sri Lankan’s Online’ (Study Launch)

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 the ways … Continue reading EROTICS: ‘Disrupting the Binary Code: Experiences of LGBT Sri Lankan’s Online’ (Study Launch)

SRI LANKA: COLLECTIVE ORAL STATEMENT TO CEDAW COMMITTEE

SRI LANKA COLLECTIVE ORAL STATEMENT TO CEDAW COMMITTEE Presented at 66th Session, Geneva Presented by: Thiyagi Piyadasa, Hyshyama Hamin, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Shyamala Gomez, Anushani Alagarajah and Kumudini Samuel, on behalf activists and organizations (listed in page 4) working on women’s civil, political, socio-cultural and economic rights in rural and urban parts of Sri Lanka. Madam … Continue reading SRI LANKA: COLLECTIVE ORAL STATEMENT TO CEDAW COMMITTEE

Submission on LGBTIQ Persons and Transitional Justice Mechanisms

TO THE ZONAL TASK FORCE AND THE CONSULTATION TASK FORCE FOR RECONCILIATION MECHANISMS Source: Groundviews Photo Courtesy: 30 Years Ago Introduction We present this submission as individuals self-identifying as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, and Queer (LGBTIQ), as family members and friends of LGBTIQ people, and as individuals/communities coming forward in support of Sri Lankans … Continue reading Submission on LGBTIQ Persons and Transitional Justice Mechanisms

Not Gonna Take it Lying Down

ස්තී‍්‍ර ආධාරක කණ්ඩායම ( Women’s Support Group – WSG) විසින් අද, 2014 මාර්තු 27 වන දින කොළඹ ජනවාර්ගික අධ්‍යයනයන් සඳහා වූ ජාත්‍යන්තර මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ දී පරාජය නිකම්ම භාර ගන්නේ නෑ කෘතිය එළි දක්වනු ඇත. Not Gonna Take It Lying Down (Sinhala)

Consultation meeting (2010) on the CEDAW Shadow Report

කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය සීඩෝ විකල්ප වාර්තාව පිළිබඳ උපදේශන රැුස්වීමක් සෙන්වෝර් (ක්‍ෑභඋධඍ* ආයතනයේ දී 2009 අගෝස්තු 3 වැනිදා සංවිධානය කෙළේය. එම රැුස්වීමට කොළඹ සහ අවට ප‍්‍රදේශවල 2002-2009 කාන්තා ජාල සංවිධාන 50 ක පමණ පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. එහිදී විකල්ප වාර්තාවේ පරිච්ෙඡ්ද කීපයක් සාකච්ඡුාවට ගනු ලැබිණ. සහභාගිවන්නන්ගෙන් ලැබුණු ප‍්‍රතිචාර අවසාන වාර්තාවට ඇතුලත් කර ගැනීමට සටහන් කරගන්නා ලදී. … Continue reading Consultation meeting (2010) on the CEDAW Shadow Report