Policy Recommendations for Post COVID-19 Lockdown Relief and Recovery: Low-income families, daily waged workers and vulnerable communities in Colombo district 22 June 2020 On the 11th of March 2020 the World Health Organisation (WHO) responding to the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus declared the outbreak of the disease a pandemic. As with all countries across the … Continue reading Policy Recommendations for Post COVID-19 Lockdown Relief and Recovery

Congratulations to all those who got selected as scriptwriters for the WMC short film competition 2020. This years theme for the competition is on Unpaid Care Work. Here are the selected script writers. We will see you at the workshop. 1 A.R. FATHIMA ASRIN 2 ANURA DESHAPRIYA WIJESINGHE 3 CHANDRIKA MUNASINGHE 4 GNANAMATHANGI SELVARASA 5 … Continue reading Shortlisted scriptwriters: WMC Short Film competition 2020

17 March 2019 The Chairperson and members of the Elections Commission Elections Commission Rajagiriya Dear Chairman Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya Commissioners Prof. Rathnajeevan Hoole and Mr. N. J Abeysekera Postponement of nominations process and Parliamentary elections We are five women’s organisations working at the national as well as the regional level to strengthen women’s representation in … Continue reading Postponement of nominations process and Parliamentary elections – a call to the Elections Commissioner

17 March 2019 Hon. Karu Jayasuriya Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka Dear Hon. Speaker Postponement of nominations process and Parliamentary elections We are five women’s organisations working at the national as well as the regional level to strengthen women’s representation in politics and have on many occasions over the past 15 years interacted … Continue reading Postponement of nominations process and Parliamentary elections – a call to the Speaker of Parliament

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)

International Women’s Day 2020, organised by the Women and Media Collective on the 5th of March at 9:30 AM, at the Kumarathunga Munidasa Studio, SLBC. Panel of speakers : Professor Deepika Udagama Professor Vishaka Suriya Bandara Senior Lecturer, Sanjeewani Rupasinha Lawyer, Radika Gunarathne Women Activist, Velayudan Jayachithra

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

WMC mourns the demise of Professor Emeritus Swarna Jayaweera who left us on the 5th of January 2020. She was a revered researcher, teacher, mentor to all and a staunch advocate for women’s rights. We extend our prayer, love and support. May she rest in peace. Our condolences. Professor Swarna Jayaweera has made a significant … Continue reading WMC mourns the demise of Emeritus Prof. Swarna Jayaweera

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