The MDL printed leaflets in Sinhala and Tamil which highlighted the demands of women as they celebrated international women’s day for 2008. The leaflet demanded that the rising cost of living affected women the most and requested that all women in Sri Lanka unite to call an end to this situation.
Women’s Organizations United to Celebrate International Women’s Day 2008 8th March 2008,Colombo A network involving more than 25 women’s organizations under the name “Women’s Organizations United to Celebrate International Women’s Day” organized a symposium, a protest march and a demonstration on 8th March 2008. The symposium was held at the Mahaweli Centre in Colombo and discussed issues … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2008
The Women and Media Collective was part of the ‘We Women’ coalition in the month of January. ‘We Women’ is a coalition of individual women and women’s groups who came together in the event of Sri Lanka celebrating 60 years of independence in 2008. The objective of forming this coalition was to collectively and critically … Continue reading We Women campaign
In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women sixteen TV and Radio messages were broadcast during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence. It was noteworthy that the messages were all relayed by men, both well-known personalities and ordinary citizens, from diverse walks of life. The aim behind this … Continue reading Media Campaign – 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based violence
• Research on the experiences of tsunami affected women was conducted in 2006. Interviews were conducted with women in Ampara, Batticaloa, Galle, Hambantota, Matara and Trincomalee. The report will be published in September 2007.
The SLWNGOF co-hosted the Women’s Consultation for the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) with the Women and Media Collective and the Community Forum for the 8th ICAAP, bringing together women from across the country. The SLWNGOF submitted a letter of protest on the banning of women with children under five … Continue reading SLWNGOF 2007
International Women’s Day 2007 was celebrated by over 1,000 women from 40 women’s organizations belonging to the network Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy. The women who attended were from Moneragala, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Hatton, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Mahiyanganaya, Wilpotha, Rajanganay, Welikanda, Singhapura, Hambantota, Galle, Buttala, Badulla, Matara, Ratnapura, Negombo, Kalutara, Colombo, Moratuwa, Ja-Ela, Katunayake, … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2007
• Livelihood disbursement to tsunami affected women, particularly vulnerable groups such as widows. Funding was channeled through selected women’s organizations with a record of working in these areas. • Training of Trainers program- ‘Promoting the Rights of Women’- across six districts, Ampara, Batticaloa, Galle, Hambantota, Matara and Trincomalee, which focused on community workers who worked directly with women and girls affected … Continue reading CATAW 2005-2006
The SLWNGOF was the key women’s organization which, through a consultative process nationally sent in its recommendations for the proposed reforms of the UN in relation to the Gender Equality Architecture.