Category: Media

“ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” – Women and Media Collective at CSW

“ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” a panel hosted by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and co- sponsored by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET); Government of Sierra Leone; Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social (Latindadd); Debt for Justice Norway; UN Working Group on Discrimination against … Continue reading ”ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” – Women and Media Collective at CSW

WMC Launch of the pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities

The Women and Media Collective launched their pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities on 19th October 2023 in Colombo. This pioneering pilot study brings into focus unpaid care work of the primary caregiver of vulnerable family members including elders and persons with disabilities. The aim is to highlight some of the … Continue reading WMC Launch of the pilot study on Unpaid Care Work and Persons with Disabilities

Celebrating and Remembering the life of Sunila on the 10th year of Commeration

On the 9th of September 2023, activists, academics, dramatists, artists and friends gathered to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Sunila Abeysekera, women’s rights and human rights activist, an actress, singer and a beautiful human and to celebrate Sunila Abeysekera’s unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and human rights left an indelible mark on … Continue reading Celebrating and Remembering the life of Sunila on the 10th year of Commeration

Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement

In a historic move, over 145 civil society personalities including academics, professionals and human rights advocates and over 44 organizations, declare their support for Sri Lankan Muslim women and girls agitating for long years for reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (MMDA). Solidarity for Muslim women victims and activists is an open acknowledgment of … Continue reading Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement

Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope

Dr Sepali Kottegoda, Director of Programs, Women’s Economic Rights and Media and Editor of Working Hours , will be discussing  some hard facts about the unrecognised, unpaid and under-valued contribution made by women to the economy are revealed  on Kaleidoscope Let’s Talk this Thursday. with Savithri Rodrigo on the 13th of July. Tune in on … Continue reading Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope

Launching of the Conference Volume on Unpaid Care Work – “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work”

The Women and Media Collective launched its Conference Volume Titled “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work” on the 12th of June 2023, compiling a selection of research papers presented at the Conference on ‘Equality & Equity in Recognising Unpaid Care Work and Women’s Labour in South Asia’ convened by the Women and … Continue reading Launching of the Conference Volume on Unpaid Care Work – “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work”

House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

Today, the 1st of May is International Workers’ day. As we celebrate wage earning workers today, let’s also accept that Unpaid Care Work is also work. #HouseWorkisWork #RecogniseUnpaidCareWork #ValueUnpaidCareWork #MayDay #LabourDay අද, මැයි 01 ලෝක කම්කරු දිනයයි. ගෙවීමක් හෝ වැටුපක් ලබන කම්කරුවන් සමරන අද දින‍යේ ‘නොගෙවූ සුරැකුම් වැඩ’ ත් ‘වැඩ’ බව පිළිගන්න. #ගෙදරවැඩත්වැඩ #නොගෙවූසුරැකුම්වැඩහඳුනාගන්න #වැටුප්නොලබනසුරැකුම්වැඩඅගයකරන්න … Continue reading House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective

International Widows Day 2022

ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නිසා භාණ්ඩ හා සේවා මිල ඉතා ඉහළ යෑම හමුවේ බඩගින්නේ සිටින තැනැත්තන්ගේ ප‍්‍රමාණය දිනෙන් දින වැඩිවීම අද ප‍්‍රධාන ජනමාධ්‍ය සහ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා අපි දකින සුලබ කාරණයක් වී ඇත. 2019 වසරේ සියයට 13.1 ක් වූ දරිද්‍රතා අගය 2022 වනවිට 25.6 දක්වා වර්ධනය වන බවත් පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හමුවේ තවදුරටත් මිලියන 2.5 කට අධික … Continue reading International Widows Day 2022

Canadians For Better-Lanka – Unpaid Care Work Podcast

WMC මගින් පසුගිය දිනෙක podcast නිර්මාණය කරන ආකාරය පිළිබද වැඩමුළුවක් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පදිංචි ප්‍රවීන ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී, පර්යේෂක සහ කතිකාචාර්යවරයෙකු වන ආචාර්ය චරිත දිසානායක මහතාගේ මග පෙන්වීම යටතේ පැවැත්වීය. එම වැඩමුළුවට සහභාගී වූවන් අතුරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකීය ස්ත්‍රීන් සහ සුරැකුම් වැඩ පිළිබදව අසෝක ජයලත් විසින් නිෂ්පාදනය කරනු ලැබූ අපගේ මීළඟ podcasts එකට සවන් දෙන්න. මෙම podcast එක නිර්මාණය … Continue reading Canadians For Better-Lanka – Unpaid Care Work Podcast

“சலிப்பற்ற தாரகை” Podcast – Unpaid Care Work Podcast

அண்மையில், அவுஸ்திரேலியாவை தளமாகக் கொண்ட சிரேஷ்ட ஊடகவியலாளர், ஆய்வாளர் மற்றும் விரிவுரையாளரான டாக்டர் சரித்த திஸாநாயக்கவின் வழிகாட்டுதலின் கீழ், பெண்கள் மற்றும் ஊடகக் கூட்டமைப்பினால் Podcast எவ்வாறு உருவாக்குவது என்பது குறித்த பயிற்சிப்பட்டறை ஒன்று நடத்தப்பட்டது. இப் பயிற்சியில் பங்கேற்பாளர்களால் தயாரிக்கப்பட்ட சில Podcastகளை ஊதியம் பெறாத பராமரிப்பு வேலை என்ற தலைப்பில் மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் இவ்வாறு வெளியிடுகிறோம். தனது நேரத்தை ஒதுக்கி இந்த Podcast ஐ உருவாக்கி, எங்களிடம் கிடைக்கப்பெறச் செய்த கிருஷாந்தினி ஜெயராமன் சகோதரிக்கு எங்கள் … Continue reading ”சலிப்பற்ற தாரகை” Podcast – Unpaid Care Work Podcast