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

The Asia Foundation convened WMC and Nielsons to the “Mapping of Data on Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka – Reporting and Recording on Trafficking in Persons by Government institutions and Civil Society Organization in Sri Lanka”. WMC presented the finding of the survey done with the CSOs island wide on their perspective on Trafficked in … Continue reading Mapping of Data on Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2019, the Women and Media Collective (WMC) together with the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) organised an event to be aired on radio, which featured a panel discussion along with musical performances by popular local female artists. Under the theme “the role of women leaders for an ethical political … Continue reading Women’s day radio programme (IWD 2019)

An introductory training and briefing to study Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka was recently held in Negombo by the Women and Media Collective. The study is expected to analyse the value of unpaid care work through gender lens. Participants from Badulla, Kurunegala, Kandy, Batticaloa, Gampaha and Colombo attended the training on the 20th and … Continue reading Capacity Enhancing: Unpaid Care Work

An effective data, information collection and reporting system for ‘Trafficking- In- Persons’ (TIP) is being formulated by the Women and Media Collective together with the Asia Foundation. The goal is to build an effective TIP data collection and reporting system in Sri Lanka. This system is expected to feed into the ongoing work of the … Continue reading Trafficking-in- Persons, data, information collection and reporting system in Sri Lanka

Click here to listen to the interview The situation for women in Sri Lanka is not optimal. However, grassroots organizations, such as the Women and Media Collective, are working hard to remedy that – challenging patriarchal norms and advocating for policy change. At the UN for the Commission on the Status of Women, Programme Director … Continue reading Pushing for a “feminist transformation of power” in Sri Lanka

Source: newsdeeply.com At the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, we speak with activists from Sri Lanka, India and the Philippines about the progress they’ve made on economic advancement for women in their communities – and the challenges that lie ahead. Sepali Kottegoda is an academic, women’s rights activist and technical adviser … Continue reading Rural Women Activists Share Their Biggest Successes – and Battles Ahead

Source: UN Women   “Rural women want equal pay for the work they do. They also want more sharing of work within the house. There’s a lot of emotional rhetoric around women’s unpaid work—that they do this out of love for the family. But the reality is that women do much more unpaid work and … Continue reading Voices from CSW62

Recognising Women in Leadership in Sri Lanka. Keynote Speech at the Launch of the Australian Awards Women in Leadership Network, Sri Lanka. Sepali Kottegoda, M.Phil, D.Phil (Sussex) Director Programmes, Women’s Economic Rights and Media Women and Media Collective 8 March 2018 Colombo. Your Excellency, High Commissioner Bryce Hutchesson, friends and colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. First, … Continue reading Keynote: Women in Leadership (IWD2018)