Category: Women’s Representation

කාන්තාවන්ගේ පරමාධිපත්‍ය බලය සාමය සහ සංහිඳියාව වෙනුවෙන්

මූලාශ්‍රය: ලංකාදීප ‘‘එළුවා තෙමෙනවා කියා කොටියා අඬනවා වගේ’’ කියා කියමනක් තිබේ. 2019 නොවැම්බර් 16 වෙනිදා පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ 7 වැනි ජනාධිපතිවරයා/වරිය තෝරා ගැනීමේ ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප‍්‍රචාරක රැස්වීම් වේදිකාවලින් සහ ජනමාධ්‍යවලින් ඇසෙන, පෙනෙන කතා අසන මේ රටේ ජනතාවට එසේ සිතෙන්නට ද බැරි නැත. එහෙත් මේ රටේ ජනතාව එළුවන් වී සිටීමට සූදානම්ද? මැතිවරණ කොමිසම සහ එහි සභාපතිවරයාගේ … Continue reading කාන්තාවන්ගේ පරමාධිපත්‍ය බලය සාමය සහ සංහිඳියාව වෙනුවෙන්

Media Briefing: Women’s Manifesto for the Presidential Candidates of 2019

On behalf of women’s organization in the country the Women and Media Collective organized a media briefing in Colombo, on the 17th of October, to highlight the demands made by women in the recently drafted women’s manifesto. The women’s manifesto is a call to all presidential candidates, contesting for the presidential elections of 2019. According … Continue reading Media Briefing: Women’s Manifesto for the Presidential Candidates of 2019

Drafting of women’s manifesto for presidential candidates of 2019

As Sri Lanka’s presidential elections of 2019 draws near, women’s organizations and civil society activists in the country came together to draft a women’s manifesto addressed to all presidential candidates. The women’s manifesto consists of women’s demands, as a call for candidates to take action on a number of topics as outlined in the draft … Continue reading Drafting of women’s manifesto for presidential candidates of 2019

Partner organisation meeting

An partner organisation meeting on women’s political representation was held in Colombo with women’s organizations from Galle, Kurunegala, Badulla, Kandy and Trincomalee. This meeting was to share organizations experiences from each of the districts while also discussing future plans for women’s representation in politics at the local, provincial and national level.

Training of young women councilors in Kurunegala

An initial training of young women local councillors from political parties was held in Kurunegala. The training was organised by the Women and Media Collective together with the Women’s Resource Centre. The main purpose of the workshop was to build a network among the young women members and to strengthen their leadership within the political … Continue reading Training of young women councilors in Kurunegala