An intergenerational meeting of older and younger activists/feminists was held at WMC on the 23rd of March 2009. The objective of the intergenerational discussion between younger and older women was to share experiences and discuss possible strategies for dealing with common concerns of conflict, violence and impunity. The discussion was informal, interactive with many of … Continue reading Inter-generational Meeting
WMC celebrated International Women’s Day 2009 at a meeting organized by the Praja Diriya Padanama of Puttalam.
A writers’ meeting was held on the 17th of October 2008 at WMC where all the CEDAW shadow report and SWR writers gathered to discuss the writing of the two reports. A focus group discussion was held on the 27th of February 2009 at WMC, with the participation of 09 rural women community leaders from … Continue reading Progress of CEDAW Shadow Report and Status of Women Report 2008 – 2009
A briefing of the Gender Architecture Reform (GEAR) of the UN system was held at the WMC on the 26th of February 2009. The objective of the discussion was to share information on the GEAR campaign and to contribute a Sri Lankan perspective to the Commission on the Status of Women session held in New … Continue reading GEAR Meeting
WMC organized a National Convention with its partner women’s organizations from the 6th – 8th February 2009 at Hotel Thilanka inKandy. A total of 41 participants from a diverse range of women’s organizations from all over the country participated. The meeting was in the form of a discussion and sharing of ideas and experiences, where … Continue reading National Convention 2009
WMC released a media statement protesting against the recent attack on the studio complex of the Maharajah broadcasting network.
කාන්තාව හා මාධ්ය සාමූහිකය සන්ඬේ ලීඩර් පුවත්පතේ ප්රධාන කර්තෘ ලසන්ත වික්රමතුංග ඝාතනය හෙළා දැකීමට හා මාධ්ය මර්දනයට එරෙහිව ජනවාරි 9 වැනිදා සංවිධානය කර තිබූ පිකටිං ව්යාපාරයට සහභාගි විය. ජනවාරි 12 වැනි දින පැවැත් වූ ඝාතනය කළ ජනමාධ්යවේදියාගේ අවමඟුල් උත්සවයට කාන්තාව හා මාධ්ය සාමූහිකය සහභාගි වූ අතර මෑතක දී මාධ්යවලට එල්ල වූ මැර ප්රහාර හෙළා දකින … Continue reading WMC condemns killing of Lasantha Wickrematunge
The WMC in partnership with Young Asia Television completed the production of 30 minute talk shows in English, Sinhala, and Tamil. The talk shows discuss various social issues and concerns from a feminist perspective. They were initiated to fill a much felt void in the talk-show genre. The subjects discussed in the programmes were: conflict … Continue reading Production of Feminist Programmes on Television
In commemoration of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which falls on the 25th of November, the GBV Forum has launched a 16 day campaign (25th November to 10th December) to end violence against women. GBV Forum’s 2008 slogan “Violence Against Women Hurts Us All … ACT NOW – End Violence … Continue reading Bus, Sticker and White Ribbon Campaign – 16 days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence