The newly elected local councilors training comprised of 30 women local councilors who were elected from the Kurunegala District. These women local councilors were elected under the recently introduced, 25% quota for women, a law part of the Local Authorities Amendment act which was enacted in 2018. The training was a two day residential workshop … Continue reading Training of Local Council Women (Kurunegala)
රැස්වීම් සබැඳිය: සුනිලා සැමරුම, සැප්තැම්බර් 4 වැනිදා 2020 Zoom link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81550592197?pwd=WER0SzV5WGVBSFFkeWYwYjNZT1BmQT09 Meeting ID: 815 5059 2197 Passcode: 313995 Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US … Continue reading රැස්වීම් සබැඳිය: සුනිලා සැමරුම, සැප්තැම්බර් 4 වැනිදා 2020
The Women and Media Collective’s Short Film Competition received many wonderful screenplays, the screenwriters who were shortlisted received a two-day training program on script writing and directing. The training program, which maintained social distancing precautions, was held on the 28th and 29th of August in Colombo. Veteran award winning director and lecturer of film studies, … Continue reading Training on script writing – Short Film Competition
In celebration of International Women’s Day 2020, the Women and Media Collective organised a special radio programme at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corpertaion on the 5th of March at 9:30 AM. The programme comprised of a panel of speakers along with musical performances by popular artists. The programme was broadcast on radio on the 8th … Continue reading Women’s Day Radio Programme (IWD 2020)
Send in your scripts for the WMC short film competition 2020 The themes for this year are: Housework is also work The value of unpaid care work Download the application form here Description on Unpaid care work Short film on Unpaid care work : Application form Description on Unpaid care work Short film on Unpaid care … Continue reading WMC short film competition 2020
27 November, 2019 Bangkok ThailandV Thank you, Chair. My name is Vica Larasati. I speak on behalf of over 300 feminists from 35 countries who attended the Asia and the Pacific Civil Society Forum and the Young Feminists’ Forum for the review of 25 years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. … Continue reading Civil Society Statement on Beijing+25 Review Intergovernmental Meeting
As Sri Lanka’s presidential elections of 2019 draws near, women’s organizations and civil society activists in the country came together to draft a women’s manifesto addressed to all presidential candidates. The women’s manifesto consists of women’s demands, as a call for candidates to take action on a number of topics as outlined in the draft … Continue reading Drafting of women’s manifesto for presidential candidates of 2019
An partner organisation meeting on women’s political representation was held in Colombo with women’s organizations from Galle, Kurunegala, Badulla, Kandy and Trincomalee. This meeting was to share organizations experiences from each of the districts while also discussing future plans for women’s representation in politics at the local, provincial and national level.
An initial training of young women local councillors from political parties was held in Kurunegala. The training was organised by the Women and Media Collective together with the Women’s Resource Centre. The main purpose of the workshop was to build a network among the young women members and to strengthen their leadership within the political … Continue reading Training of young women councilors in Kurunegala
The 25th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference and the formulation of the Beijing Platform for Action falls in 2020. Since 1995, at 5 year intervals governments as well as civil society have been engaged in reviewing the implementation of the BPFA towards assessing achievements relating to ensuring women’s rights and gender equality in respective … Continue reading Sri Lanka parallel report for Beijing+25 review process