On 16th September, a National Consultation on the CEDAW COs was held at Renuka Hotel, Colombo. It was attended by almost 70 participants from NGOs and CBOs from 12 districts (Colombo, Puttalam, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Monaragala, Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Galle, Gampaha, Trincomalee, & Hambantota). The purpose of this consultation was to share the CEDAW COs … Continue reading National Consultation on CEDAW Concluding Observations
Since May 2011, the WMC initiated a discussion with NCW on the importance of conducting a meeting to discuss strategies to implement the CEDAW Concluding Observations at the national level. The NCW agreed to hold a meeting with various government officials and was willing to invite selected NGOs as well in order to make it … Continue reading Meeting with National Committee on Women (NCW) – Consultation with the CEDAW Concluding Observations
Since May 2011, the WMC initiated a discussion with NCW on the importance of conducting a meeting to discuss strategies to implement the CEDAW Concluding Observations at the national level. The NCW agreed to hold a meeting with various government officials and was willing to invite selected NGOs as well in order to make it … Continue reading Meeting with National Committee on Women (NCW) – Consultation with the CEDAW Concluding Observations
On 16th August, the Mothers & Daughters of Lanka a network of progressive women’s organizations conducted a members meeting, particularly with the aim of disseminating the Concluding Observations and discussing future strategies.
Following on from the ‘Global Consultation on the Application of Women’s Human Rights framework on the issues of Women in Conflict Situations’ held in Colombo in October 2010, the Colombo Group which includes WMC continued to work closely with the CEDAW Committee assisting with the elaboration of a General Recommendation to CEDAW on women and … Continue reading International Advocacy for CEDAW General Recommendation on Armed Conflict and Women
Recently, the Women and Media Collective facilitated a consultation meeting on the CEDAW Shadow Report at CENWOR, on the 03rd of August 2009. The meeting was attended by over 50 participants from WMC’s network organizations based inColomboand the Suburbs. At the meeting, the chapters compiled under the 2002-2009 Shadow Report were presented and discussed. An … Continue reading Consultation meeting (2010) on the CEDAW Shadow Report
කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය සීඩෝ විකල්ප වාර්තාව පිළිබඳ උපදේශන රැුස්වීමක් සෙන්වෝර් (ක්‍ෑභඋධඍ* ආයතනයේ දී 2009 අගෝස්තු 3 වැනිදා සංවිධානය කෙළේය. එම රැුස්වීමට කොළඹ සහ අවට ප‍්‍රදේශවල 2002-2009 කාන්තා ජාල සංවිධාන 50 ක පමණ පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. එහිදී විකල්ප වාර්තාවේ පරිච්ෙඡ්ද කීපයක් සාකච්ඡුාවට ගනු ලැබිණ. සහභාගිවන්නන්ගෙන් ලැබුණු ප‍්‍රතිචාර අවසාන වාර්තාවට ඇතුලත් කර ගැනීමට සටහන් කරගන්නා ලදී. … Continue reading Consultation meeting (2010) on the CEDAW Shadow Report
Recently, the Women and Media Collective facilitated a consultation meeting on the CEDAW Shadow Report at CENWOR, on the 03rd of August 2009. The meeting was attended by over 50 participants from WMC’s network organizations based in Colombo and the Suburbs. At the meeting, the chapters compiled under the 2002-2009 Shadow Report were presented and … Continue reading Consultation meeting on the CEDAW Shadow Report
කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය සීඩෝ විකල්ප වාර්තාව පිළිබඳ උපදේශන රැුස්වීමක් සෙන්වෝර් (ක්‍ෑභඋධඍ* ආයතනයේ දී 2009 අගෝස්තු 3 වැනිදා සංවිධානය කෙළේය. එම රැුස්වීමට කොළඹ සහ අවට ප‍්‍රදේශවල 2002-2009 කාන්තා ජාල සංවිධාන 50 ක පමණ පිරිසක් සහභාගි වූහ. එහිදී විකල්ප වාර්තාවේ පරිච්ෙඡ්ද කීපයක් සාකච්ඡුාවට ගනු ලැබිණ. සහභාගිවන්නන්ගෙන් ලැබුණු ප‍්‍රතිචාර අවසාන වාර්තාවට ඇතුලත් කර ගැනීමට සටහන් කරගන්නා ලදී. … Continue reading Consultation meeting on the CEDAW Shadow Report