Response to statement published on parliamentary website on 11.10.2021 By the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to identify appropriate reforms of the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend necessary amendments. English Sinhala Tamil
දේශපාලන කාන්තා නියෝජනය වැදගත් වන්නේ ඇයි ? පළාත් පාලන ආයතනයේ 25% කාන්තා කෝටාව, කාන්තාවන්ට තීරණ ගැනීමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබා දී ඇති අතර මහජනයාගේ ජිවිත වලටද වෙනසක් කර ඇත. එම නිසා, අප කෝටාව ශක්තිමත් කර ආරක්ෂා කල යුතුය!
Why is it important to increase women’s political representation? The 25% quota for women in local government has given women the opportunity to take on decision making roles and make an impact in peoples lives. This is why we must safeguard and strengthen the quota for women!
සම අවස්ථා සහ ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික අයිතීන් වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටිමින් කටයුතු කරන සිවිල් සමාජ සංවිධානයක් වශයෙන්, යෝජිත කොතලාවල ජාතික ආරක්ෂක විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පනත් කෙටුම්පත සහ 1978 අංක 16 දරන විශ්වවිද්‍යාල පනත සඳහා යෝජිත සංශෝධන පිළිබඳ අපගේ මතය ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම අපගේ කාර්යය වන බව, කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය, වන අප විශ්වාස කරන්නෙමු. අපගේ ප්‍රකාශය කියවන්න
The Women and Media Collective as a civil society organization that continues to engage in advocating for equal opportunities and democratic rights, believe that it is our duty to voice our opinion on the Proposed Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU) Bill and the proposed amendments to the Universities Act no. 16 of 1978. Read our … Continue reading Statement on the proposed Kotelawala National Defence University Bill and the proposed Amendments to the Universities Act
To: THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE (PSC) APPOINTED TO IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE REFORMS OF THE ELECTION LAWS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND TO RECOMMEND NECESSARY AMENDMENTS From: WOMEN AND MEDIA COLLECTIVE; WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTRE, KURUNEGALA DISTRICT; WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, BADULLA DISTRICT; WOMEN’S SOLIDARITY FRONT, KANDY DISTRICT; RURAL WOMEN’S FRONT, GALLE DISTRICT AND VILUTHU CENTRE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE … Continue reading Submissions on Electoral Reforms – July 2021
SUBMISSIONS MADE TO THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO REVIEW THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTION SYSTEM POLITICAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN BY THE WOMEN AND MEDIA COLLECTIVE 09 APRIL 2021 Click here to download Prior to the 2018 elections to Local Authorities, women’s representation remained at less than 2% in Local Government. Conducted under the provisions of the Local … Continue reading Submissions on Local Authorities Election System
Women, Quota and the Press: Media coverage of the 2018 Local Government elections A research on newspaper reporting around the historic 25% quota for women in Local Government from September 2017 – December 2018 Click here to download
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Submission of Proposals for Constitutional Reform To the expert committee to draft a new constitution December 2020 English Sinhala Tamil