Originally published at http://www.peace-srilanka.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=512&Itemid= Address by Dr Nimalka Fernando on receiving the Citizens Peace Award 2011 of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations & Strategic Studies, Colombo, on June 26, 2012. Religious leaders, Your Excellencies, Honorable Ministers and Members of Parliament, Political activists and civil society … Continue reading Address by Dr. Nimalka Fernando upon receiving the Citizens Peace Award 2011

Options No. 44 | sex panics http://options.womenandmedia.org/category/issue/no-44-sex-panics/  

පසුගිය කාලය පුරාම පළ වූ මාධ්‍ය වා3⁄4තාවලට අනුව කාන්තාවන්ට හා ළමුන්ට එරෙහිව සිදුවන ස්තී්‍ර දුෂණ හා ළමා අපචාර සිදුවීම් දිනෙන් දින ඉහල යමින් පවතින තත්ත්වයක් අපට පෙනේ. මෙය කාන්තාවන්ට හා දරුවන්ට පමණක් බලපාන ප්‍රශ්නයක් ලෙස නොසලකන අපි, මෙය මුළු මහත් සමාජයේම ප්‍රශ්නයක් බව දැඩිව අවධාරණය කරමු. මෙවැනි තත්ත්වයන් ඇති වීමට බලපාන හේතු සාධක සොයා බලා, … Continue reading Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children

WMC has issued a media statement on the recent spate of incidents of violence against women and children. We urge state institutions such as the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Child Development, the Ministry of Justice, the Child Protection Authority and the Department of Police to act immediately to stop this wave of violence against women and children. … Continue reading Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children

Changing Minds | EQUAL REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICS Sharing experiences – 2011 Local Government Elections WMC, in partnership with five other women’s organizations, carried out a project to increase nominations for women candidates at the 2011 local government elections. A discussion was held on the 22nd of June 2012, in order to share the … Continue reading Sharing experiences – 2011 Local Government Elections