Women DOP master class
Postponed to January 2022 Breaking the glass ceiling in cinema! Women DOP Master Class December 3rd and 4th, 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation
Postponed to January 2022 Breaking the glass ceiling in cinema! Women DOP Master Class December 3rd and 4th, 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation
This is a policy brief on the need for reforms pertaining to the legal framework on Sexual Violence in Sri Lanka. The policy brief was compiled by Uda Deshapriya and Achalie Kumarage. Click here to download
While laws relating to rape place women at a disadvantaged position due to the influence of gender based stereotypes, rape laws in some South Asian states completely exclude rape when it is perpetrated against men or transgender people as a result of gender specific language in the statutes. Where this is the case, rape against … Continue reading Laws relating to rape in South Asia: a comparative analysis
Download English statement, Sinhala statement Tamil statement The facts The President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a Presidential Task Force for One Country, One Law comprising of 13 members. Invoking the Fundamental Rights chapter of the Constitution and International Law, his gazette says the purpose is to ensure the implementation and protection of … Continue reading Statement on the One Country, One Law Task Force appointed by the President of Sri Lanka on 26.10.2021
Job Description: Executive Director The Women and Media Collective (WMC) – a feminist organization working on women’s rights and gender equality – seeks a leader with strong feminist values as their Executive Director. The candidate will be a dynamic, experienced, values-driven leader capable of building on WMC’s history of working towards social transformation through media … Continue reading Vacancy for Executive Director
Response to statement published on parliamentary website on 11.10.2021 By the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to identify appropriate reforms of the election laws and the electoral system and to recommend necessary amendments. English Sinhala Tamil
Dear friends, In the last two days I have made so many unsuccessful attempts to write this letter to you. Just don’t know what to say, how to say it. Words seem so frivolous, so inadequate. Yet I must write and tell you….that our fear, which many of us experienced every day reading the news … Continue reading A tribute to Kamla Bhasin by SANGAT Sri Lanka
“Until we meet again, rest in peace Kamla.”
This paper aims to provide an overview of contemporary advocacy by and research on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and other (LGBTQI+) community of Sri Lanka. The first part of the paper focuses on LGBTQI+ advocacy, looking at both the domestic and international levels and identifies what issues were raised at particular fora; … Continue reading Contemporary advocacy by and research on the LGBTQI+ community in Sri Lanka
This Guide provides an overview of major issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Sri Lankans today. This Guide has been created as a resource for Members of the Sri Lankan Parliament (MPs) and especially the members of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Women and Gender. It is expected that MPs take the … Continue reading Guide on issues affecting LGBTI Sri Lankans