Women’s rights groups from all parts of Sri Lanka made it happen on the streets of Colombo to mark International Women’s Day 2015. On the 9th of March, women’s groups were demanding for an increase in political representation for women by introducing at least a 25% quota in all political bodies and to establish an … Continue reading IWD 2015: International Women’s Day March
On International Women’s Day as Women and Media Collective celebrates 30 years of activism we take a moment to celebrate the life of founder Sunila Abeysekara. Source: Isis International Why Sunila loved March 8th I visited Sunila around 8th March 2013 to spend some time with her after she’d been diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. … Continue reading IWD 2015: Celebrating the life of our founder Sunila Abeysekara
Petition The establishment of an Independent Women’s Commission was first proposed by women activists and advocates as far back as 1991. Since then a number of proposals have been made by successive governments to statutorily establish such a Commission. In 2003, the United National Front government, headed by the UNP, drafted a Women’s Rights Bill. … Continue reading A New Sri Lanka for Women: establishing an Independent Women’s Commission
The recently concluded 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence global campaign in Sri Lanka was a unitary effort by members of the GBV Forum. During the 16 days the Gender Based Violence Forum or GBV Forum had organised several activities and events in the country for the year 2014. The online campaign in … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism against GBV 2014 campaign
ස්ත්‍රි පුර්ෂ සමාජභාවය හේතු කොට ගෙන සිදුකරන ප්‍රචණ්ඞ ක්‍රියාවන්ට එරෙහිව දින 16 යේ ගෝලීය ක්‍රියාමාලාව, ස්ත්‍රි පුර්ෂ සමාජභාවය හේතු කොට ගෙන සිදුකරන ප්‍රචණ්ඞ ක්‍රියා තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා පිහිටුවා ඇති සංසදයේ සමාජිකයින් විසින් අන් සංවිධානවලද සහයෝගයෙන් මෑතකදී සිදුකරන ලද වැදගත් කාර්ය්‍යක් ලෙස හැඳින්විය හැක. මෙම දින 16 යේ කාලසීමාව තුළ මෙම සංසදය විසින් නොයෙකුත් ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සහ … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism against GBV 2014 campaign
කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍යය සාමූහිකයේ තිස් වසරක කි‍්‍රයාකාරිත්වය කාන්තාව හා මධ්‍යය සාමූහිකයේ තිස් වසරක කි‍්‍රයාකාරිත්වය සමරන අවස්ථාවේ දී අපි නොකී හා නොලියන ලද ඉතිහාසයේ අල්පයක් හෝ ගෙන හැර දැක්වීමේ ප‍්‍රයත්නයක් ලෙසින් බොහෝ ස්තී‍්‍රන් හා ස්තී‍්‍ර කණ්ඩායම් විසින් ගෙන ගිය සාමූහික අරගලයේ ඉතිහාසය පිළිබඳව ප‍්‍රදර්ශනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරමු. 1984, කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය ආරම්භයේ සිට අද දක්වා අපගේ … Continue reading WMC 30th Anniversary: Women’s Struggles, Women’s Pride
The history of women’s activisms in Sri Lanka is yet to be told. Men and male domination have silenced and eliminated women from the ‘official’ histories of the country and similarly around the world. But the memory of women’s activism remains in the stories told by great women like our grandmothers and elders that are … Continue reading WMC 30th Anniversary: Women’s Struggles, Women’s Pride
After an extensive selection process with our panel of judges the photographers for the WMC Women’s photography exhibition 2014 have been selected. In celebration of Women and Media Collective 30 years of activism the photography exhibition will be held alongside WMC’s anniversary exhibition which will highlight women’s struggles and achievements in bringing about a right’s … Continue reading Selected photographers: WMC Women’s photography exhibition 2014