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Written Statement for the 60th Session of the CSW
Source: ARROW Commission on the Status of Women Sixtieth session 14-24 March 2016 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” Statement submitted by Asia Pacific Women’s Watch and Asian-Pacific Resource and Research … Continue reading Written Statement for the 60th Session of the CSW
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16 Days of Activism against GBV 2015 campaign
The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) online campaign for the year 2015 was designed to bring attention to the forms of GBV prevalent in Sri Lanka. The campaign was carried out alongside the 16 days activities that were organised on the ground, a joint effort by members of the GBV Forum. … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism against GBV 2015 campaign
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Women’s contribution to the new constitution making process
The Women and Media Collective organised a round of discussion on the new constitution making process and to see the possibilities where women’s groups can intervene. The Discussions were conducted in Batticaloa , Kurunegala and Colombo with the participation of women activists, civil society organization members, women affiliated to political parties, Trade union women and … Continue reading Women’s contribution to the new constitution making process
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The fuss and buzz over the Enrique bra – The Daily Mirror
Culture means a form or stage of civilisation of a nation: and it keeps changing Sri Lanka has been quite notorious in the international arena with regard to undergarments. Lingerie in particular. BuzzFeed, a popular American internet media company picked up the story about a confusing advertisement on lingerie by Triumph in Sri Lanka on … Continue reading The fuss and buzz over the Enrique bra – The Daily Mirror
WMC Calendar 2016
2016 අපගේ ලෝකය පරිවර්තනය කිරීම තිරසාර සංවර්ධනය උදෙසා 2030 න්යායපත්රය
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Discussion on increasing women’s political representation
With the government ensuring a 25% representation of women in Local Government bodies, the Women and Media Collective and the International Centre for Ethnic Studies facilitated a discussion on the Local Authorities Elections Amendment Act of 2012. The discussion focused on increasing representation of women under the mixed electoral system. The backdrop to the Act … Continue reading Discussion on increasing women’s political representation
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Statement on stoning of migrant worker from the Prime Ministers Task Force on Violence Against Women
The task force on violence against women is shocked that a Sri Lankan migrant worker has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia for the crime of adultery. Adultery is not a crime in Sri Lanka. Besides, the Sri Lankan justice system does not recognize the punishment of stoning. Such a punishment is … Continue reading Statement on stoning of migrant worker from the Prime Ministers Task Force on Violence Against Women
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For her life
සෞදියේ දී ගල් ගසා මරා දැමීමට නියමිත ඇගේ ජීවිතය වෙනුවෙන් ඔබේ හදවතේ ඉඩක් ඇත්නම් දෙසැම්බර් 3 වනදා හවස 4 ට තුම්මුල්ල හංදියේ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මූළස්ථානය ඉදිරියට එන්න. මේ ගෙවෙමින් ඇත්තේ ඇය වෙනුවෙන් අපට දැනෙන වේදනාව ප්රකාශ කිරීමට ලැබෙන අවසන් පැය ගනන විය හැකි ය. ඒ වේදනාවට මේ අප්රසන්න යථාර්ථය වෙනස් කරන්නට දායක විය හැකි ද? … Continue reading For her life