International Women’s Day 2007 was celebrated by over 1,000 women from 40 women’s organizations belonging to the network Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy. The women who attended were from Moneragala, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Hatton, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Mahiyanganaya, Wilpotha, Rajanganay, Welikanda, Singhapura, Hambantota, Galle, Buttala, Badulla, Matara, Ratnapura, Negombo, Kalutara, Colombo, Moratuwa, Ja-Ela, Katunayake, Ekala, Kandana, Nuwara Eliya, Nittambuwa and Kantale. The picket and march was held outside the Fort Railway Station based on the theme “Let’s Protect our Right to Life and Peace” and was followed by a dynamic street play performed by the Praja Diriya Padanama, a women’s organization based in Puttalam. The WMC has produced a card featuring a creative banner designed by the Women’s Centre, Ekala, Sri Lanka. The banner was displayed at the 2007 International Peace Day Street Exhibition organized by the WMC in Colombo.
