Category: Media

Statement on the discourse surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne

Statement on the Discourse Surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne March 2021 by WMC Download statement Sinhala, English, Tamil Several factors surrounding the discourse of Bhagya Abeyratne and her statement on environmental destruction on national television have been a cause for concern. We, as the Women and Media Collective, an organisation engaged in advocating for social justice and … Continue reading Statement on the discourse surrounding Bhagya Abeyratne

Zoom chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Manik Gunarathne

Zoom chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Manik Gunarathne ‘‘බොහෝ ආබාධිත ළමයි බලාගන්න දෙමවුපියන් කියන දෙයක් තමයි අපිට කලින් මේ ළමයි මැරිලා යනවානම් හොඳයි කියන එක. හේතුව ඔවුන්ගෙන් පසුව මේ ආබාධිත ළමයි බලාගන්න කෙනෙක් නැහැ, ලංකාවේ ඒකට ක‍්‍රමයකුත් නැහැ’’ – මැණික් ගුණරත්න

Zoom chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Yogeshwari Krishnan

Eranga Meegasdeniya interviews Yogeshwari Krishnan, Secretary, of the Working Women’s Front. She is also part of the women’s trade union in the country. “රටේ නීති සහ ප‍්‍රතිපත්ති ඒ ඒ කාලය අනුව වෙනස් කරන එක යුතුකමක්. එහෙම නැතිව කඳුකරයේ ස්ත‍්‍රීන්ගේ ප‍්‍රශ්න ගැන කතා කරලා විතරක් සමාජ සංවර්ධනය ඇති කරන්න බැහැ.” – යෝගේෂ්වරී ක‍්‍රිෂ්ණන්, ප‍්‍රධාන ලේකම්, වැඩ … Continue reading Zoom chat: Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Yogeshwari Krishnan

Zoom Chat : Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka with Dr. Sepali Kottegoda (Tamil)

“பெண்கள் வீட்டில் செய்யும் சகல வேலைகளிலிருந்து ஒரு வேலையும் செய்யாமல் ஒரு கிழமை இருந்தால் நாட்டுக்கு என்ன நடக்கும்?” ஊதியமற்ற வேலைச் சுமையை அதிகரித்த கொரோனா – இலங்கையில் ஊதியமற்ற பராமரிப்பு வேலை பற்றிய zoom கலந்துரையாடல்