Submission of Proposals for Constitutional Reform To the expert committee to draft a new constitution December 2020 English Sinhala Tamil

The women’s quota, introduced in February 2018, has significantly increased women’s representation in local level democracy. It has paved the way for otherwise politically marginalized local level women political actors to enter into local councils. The findings of this study provide compelling insights into the background of the women politicians who contested the February 2018 … Continue reading Necessary yet Insufficient: Women’s quota for wider political representation in Sri Lanka

A training on gender equality and social inclusion policy making for newly elected local council women in the Badulla District was held online on the 21st & 22nd of November. These women local councilors were elected under the recently introduced, 25% quota for women, a law part of the Local Authorities Amendment act which was … Continue reading Training of Local Council Women (Badulla)

A capacity enhancing training programme of 100 young women Local Councillors and members from political parties from the Trincomalee District was held on the 28th & 29th of November 2020. These women were trained in the field of governance, political advocacy and gender equality. The training was organised by WMC together with Viluthu in Trincomalee.

A capacity enhancing training programme of 100 young women Local Councillors and members from political parties from the Badulla District was held on the 25th & 26th of November 2020. These women were trained in the field of governance, political advocacy and gender equality. The training was organised by WMC together with Women’s Development Centre … Continue reading 100 young women training – Badulla

A capacity enhancing training programme of 100 young women Local Councillors and members from political parties from the Colombo District was held on the 21st & 22nd of November 2020. These women were trained in the field of governance, political advocacy and gender equality. The training was organised by WMC.

Capacity enhancing of 100 young women Local Councillors and members from political parties from the Districts of Galle and Matara. These women were trained in the field of governance, political advocacy and gender equality. The training was organised by WMC with the support of Rural Women’s Front and the Ruhuna Sisila Social Services Organisation from … Continue reading 100 young women training – Galle / Matara

This module has been created to train young women on democracy, governance, politics and leadership through a women’s rights perspective. It is most suitable for young women who are councilors in Local Government and those who are members of political parties. Click here to download Sinhala module  Click here to download Tamil module

The newly elected local councilors training comprised of 30 women local councilors who were elected from the Kurunegala District. These women local councilors were elected under the recently introduced, 25% quota for women, a law part of the Local Authorities Amendment act which was enacted in 2018. The training was a two day residential workshop … Continue reading Training of Local Council Women (Kurunegala)

The Galle district level observation meeting was held on the 22nd of September, 2020. It was to discuss the recommendation made through observing the Local Councils of the 5 Pradeshiya Sabhas namely Bope Poddala PS, Galle mahanagara Sabha, Akmeemana PS, Baddegama PS and Hikkaduwa PS. The recommendations of the observations were made to the Governor … Continue reading Galle Observation meeting