තාරුණ්යයේ ගැහැණු අපේක්ෂාව
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On behalf of women’s organization in the country the Women and Media Collective organized a media briefing in Colombo, on the 17th of October, to highlight the demands made by women in the recently drafted women’s manifesto. The women’s manifesto is a call to all presidential candidates, contesting for the presidential elections of 2019. According … Continue reading Media Briefing: Women’s Manifesto for the Presidential Candidates of 2019
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
MigrantForum Asia Mfa in collaboration with the Solidarity Centre South Asia office organized the South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) on 4-6 July 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Building on previous national consultations on the GCM and SDGs as well as the recently adopted Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration … Continue reading South Asia Consultation on the Global Compact for Migration
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
A media briefing on Gender Sensitive Policy making for environmental issues was held in Galle with five local council women from the Southern Province. The briefing was attended by journalists from the Galle and Matara districts to discuss environmental issues and its connections to gender. The briefing was moderated by Chathurika Hathusinghe, Attorney at law. … Continue reading Media Briefing: A discussion with Local Council women on Gender Sensitive Environmental Policy
Women’s rights activists and women’s organisations were invited for a consultation to provide inputs to the national parallel report of the Beijing + 25. At the consultation specific areas were identified from the guided questionnaire provided by the NGO CSW in New York. The NGO parallel reports will be submitted to UN Women and fed … Continue reading Planning Meeting on the Preparation of a National Parellel Report for the Beijing+25 Review and the SDGs
මූලාශ්රය: සමබිම වසර ගණනාවක් පුරා යුද සහ ගැටුම්වලින් විපතට පත් වූ උතුරු නැගෙනහිර දෙමළ මුස්ලිම් ජනතාව, යුද තර්ජිත ගම්මානවල වැසියන්, දකුණේ හමුදා පවුල්වල කාන්තාවන්, 1987 ‐ 89 කාලයේදී විපතට පත් වූ පවුල්වල කාන්තාවන් ඇතුළු විවිධ වූ වින්දිත ජන කණ්ඩායම් සමග වැඩකරන මා අප්රේල් 21 දින සිදුවීම්වලින් විපතට පත්වූවන්ද පසුගිය 13 වන දින සිදුවූ ජාතිවාදී ගැටුම්වලින් … Continue reading Samabima Supplement: විපතට පත් වූවන් සොයා ගියෙමි
A coalition of women’s rights activists and organizations from across Sri Lanka held a media briefing in Colombo, to highlight women’s concerns and experiences during this time of political and social crisis. The purpose of the briefing was to urge all relevant parties and communities for peace, non-violence and equality.