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A fathers responsibility
When the Ministry of Foreign Employment in Sri Lanka introduced the Family Background Report (FBR) it withdrew the rights of many women, with children below the ages of five, to seek employment abroad. Caring for children is a shared responsibility by both the mother and father. And although many...
CATAW 2006-2007 

• Research on the experiences of tsunami affected
   women was conducted in 2006. Interviews were
   conducted with women in Ampara, Batticaloa, Galle,
   Hambantota, Matara and Trincomalee. The report will
   be published in September 2007.
Comments on the Amended Local Authorities Elections Act (Sinhala)
පළාත් පාලන ආයතන තුළ ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ නියෝජනය 25%කින් වැඩිකරන බවට රජය විසින් පොරොන්දුවක් ලබාදෙන ලදී. ඒ අනුව පසුගිය කාලය පුරා මේ ඉල්ලීම තහවුරු කරගැනීම පිණිස අප කාන්තා ක්‍රියාකාරිනියන් විසින් අදාළ දේශපාලන නායකයින් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවට ද ලක්කරන ලදී. පසුගිය අගෝස්තු 25 වන දින පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඡන්ද විමසීම් සංශෝධන පනත සම්මතවීමත්...
International Women’s Day 2007
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,...
Private Parts: Obscenity and Censorship in the Digital Age
Source: GenderIT.org Blog: eroticslka.wordpress.com By Subha Wijesiriwardena “Sexuality could indeed be spoken of, spoken of a great deal, but only in order to forbid it.” Michel Foucault (as interviewed by Bernard-Henri Lévy in 1977) Earlier this year, the telecommunications minister of Bangladesh declared a ‘war on pornography’, blocking access to around...
XXV South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace in Kathmandu, Nepal
The South Asian Feminist Capacity Building Course on Gender, Sustainable Livelihoods, Human Rights and Peace, also known as the Sangat Month Long Course, is designed to offer clarity on and a greater understanding of concepts related to gender, justice, poverty, sustainable development, peace, democracy, and human rights. The course...
CATAW 2005-2006 

• Livelihood disbursement to tsunami affected women,
   particularly vulnerable groups such as widows. Funding
   was channeled through selected women’s organizations
   with a record of working in these areas.   • Training of Trainers program- ‘Promoting the Rights of
   Women’- across six districts, Ampara, Batticaloa,
   Galle, Hambantota, Matara and Trincomalee, which
   focused on community workers who...
සුනිලා අබේසේකර දෙවර්ෂ පූර්ණ සැමරුම, ජාතික ගුවන් විදුලියේ වෙළඳ සේවය ඹස්සේ
සුනිලා අබේසේකර දෙවර්ෂ පූර්ණ සැමරුම ”ආදරයේ ඔබ ඔබමයි මා ඔබ නොව ඔබ මා නොව දවසක්දා……. හ`දුනා ගත්තොත් ඔබ මා…….” ඒ මියුරු යුග ගීයෙහි නින්නාද දෙන ගැඹුරු, භාවපූර්ණ, ස්ත‍්‍රී හෙ`ඩහි හිමිකාරිය වූ සුනිලා අබේසේකර සොයුරියගේ දෙවර්ෂ පූර්ණ සැමරුම වෙනුවෙන් ඇය විසින් ගායනා කළ මෙරට ගීත රසිකයින් ගේ ආදරයට පාත‍්‍ර වූ...
Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement
In a historic move, over 145 civil society personalities including academics, professionals and human rights advocates and over 44 organizations, declare their support for Sri Lankan Muslim women and girls agitating for long years for reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (MMDA). Solidarity for Muslim women victims and...
“ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” – Women and Media Collective at CSW
“ENDING THE DEBT BURDEN: RECLAIMING WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RIGHTS” a panel hosted by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) and co- sponsored by African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET); Government of Sierra Leone; Red Latinoamericana por Justicia Económica y Social (Latindadd); Debt for Justice Norway;...
Phase 2 – Project on Empowering Young Women by raising awareness on Feminism
The second training of a trainer’s workshop (TOT Workshop) of the Project on Empowering young women by raising awareness on feminism for  using the training manual on Justice Equality, Feminism for Justice prepared to raise awareness about feminism was held on April 30th,  2023 at the Nature Gardens Hotel in Yakkala...
Empowering Women Leaders: A Cross-Cultural Study Visit to Kerala’s Panchayat System
The Women and Media Collective facilitated a field visit of 24 former women local councilors and women community leaders to the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) and Panchayats in Thrissur, Kerala from the 22nd to the 24th of January 2024. The women were from the districts of Kurunegala, Kandy, Nuwara...
EYA 2016 : Annual Issue
රාජ්‍ය ප‍්‍රතිසංස්කරණය තුළ ස්ත‍්‍රී අයිතිවාසිකම්, එවරස්ට් තරණය කළ පළමු ශ‍්‍රී ලාංකිකයා ජයන්ති කුරුඋතුම්පාලගේ එවරස්ට් තරණයේ අත්දැක්මී ඇතුළු ලිපි රැසක් මෙවර ඇය 2016 වාර්ෂික කලාපයෙන්… Click here to download   EYA 2016 Annual Issue by wmcsrilanka on Scribd
Canadians For Better-Lanka – Unpaid Care Work Podcast
WMC මගින් පසුගිය දිනෙක podcast නිර්මාණය කරන ආකාරය පිළිබද වැඩමුළුවක් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියාවේ පදිංචි ප්‍රවීන ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ මාධ්‍යවේදී, පර්යේෂක සහ කතිකාචාර්යවරයෙකු වන ආචාර්ය චරිත දිසානායක මහතාගේ මග පෙන්වීම යටතේ පැවැත්වීය. එම වැඩමුළුවට සහභාගී වූවන් අතුරින් ශ්‍රී ලංකීය ස්ත්‍රීන් සහ සුරැකුම් වැඩ පිළිබදව අසෝක ජයලත් විසින් නිෂ්පාදනය කරනු ලැබූ අපගේ මීළඟ podcasts එකට...
Advancing Democracy: Proposals for Electoral Reform in Sri Lanka by the Women and Media Collective
On the 29th of January 2024, Ms Kumuduni Samuel, Director Programmes on behalf of the Women and Media Collective, submitted recommendations focus on the electoral system reform, with a special emphasis on increasing women’s representation, and broader electoral reforms for a more democratic political culture to the Presidential Secretariat....
OPEN CALL – TOT Sessions CEDAW and Macroeconomics: Advancing Gender Equality through Feminist, Human Rights-Based Economic Advocacy.
The Women & Media Collective (WMC) and International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) will be co-hosting a training of trainers (ToT), entitled CEDAW and Macroeconomics: Advancing Gender Equality through Feminist, Human Rights-Based Economic Advocacy. The ToT is a three-day in-person gathering in Negombo, scheduled for 5-7 July 2023. The training...
Women Speak: International Women’s Day 2022
Tharindi, Youth Voices Count Somalatha, Uva Wellassa Women’s Organisation Jasmin, Artist Yamini, Religious Freedom Advocate Sakuni, Trans Equality Trust Muqaddasa Wahid, Freelance Journalist Nafeera, Local Government Councilor Roel, Editor in Chief, Roar Media Ambika, Former Human Rights Commissioner Chandrathilaka, Deputy Director, Women’s Development Center Bisliya, LG Representative Ambika, Former...
𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘! 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬! – 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
PRESS RELEASE 11 August 2023 Colombo, Sri Lanka 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗢𝗪𝗘! 𝗪𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗡’𝗧 𝗣𝗔𝗬! 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 Women’s rights groups in Sri Lanka reject the current debt restructuring solutions that place the burden of repayment on Sri...
Statement on the One Country, One Law Task Force appointed by the President of Sri Lanka on 26.10.2021
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...
Celebrating and Remembering the life of Sunila on the 10th year of Commeration
On the 9th of September 2023, activists, academics, dramatists, artists and friends gathered to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Sunila Abeysekera, women’s rights and human rights activist, an actress, singer and a beautiful human and to celebrate Sunila Abeysekera’s unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and human...
International Women’s Day 2013
International Women’s Day 2013 was celebrated in Colombo on the 8th of March under the theme of “A promise is a promise: time for action to end violence against women”. A parade from Nugegoda Weli Park to the Ananda Samarakoon Open Air Theater in Nugegoda consisted of activists, street...
Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope
Dr Sepali Kottegoda, Director of Programs, Women’s Economic Rights and Media and Editor of Working Hours , will be discussing  some hard facts about the unrecognised, unpaid and under-valued contribution made by women to the economy are revealed  on Kaleidoscope Let’s Talk this Thursday. with Savithri Rodrigo on the...
WMC short film competition 2020
Send in your scripts for the WMC short film competition 2020 The themes for this year are: Housework is also work The value of unpaid care work Download the application form here Description on Unpaid care work Short film on Unpaid care work : Application form   Description on Unpaid care...
Let us ensure the job security of the migrant workers who are affected by the economic recession.
Let us celebrate the International Migrants’ Day that falls on the 18th December 2022. Source: Daily News Today we celebrate the 23rd International Migrants’ Day of the migrant workers, which was declared by the United Nations Organisation in the year 2000. The International Migrants’ Day is celebrated every year...
Launching of the Conference Volume on Unpaid Care Work – “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work”
The Women and Media Collective launched its Conference Volume Titled “Working Hours: Exploring Gender Dimensions of Unpaid Care Work” on the 12th of June 2023, compiling a selection of research papers presented at the Conference on ‘Equality & Equity in Recognising Unpaid Care Work and Women’s Labour in South...
Messages for the Parliamentary Elections 2020
Safeguard democracy, use your vote and use it wisely  ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදය ආරක්ෂා කරන්න, ඔබේ ඡුන්දය ඥාණාන්විතව භාවිතා කරන්න. ஜனநாயகத்தைப் பாதுகாக்கவும், உங்கள் வாக்குகளைப் பயன்படுத்துவதுடன், அதனைப் புத்திசாலித்தனமாகப் பயன்படுத்தவும்.   
අනාගතවාදී නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහා ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ පෙළගැස්ම
අනාගතවාදී නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහා ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ පෙළගැස්ම Click here to download the publication Constitution Reforming (Sin… by wmcsrilanka on Scribd
ACTFORM Training of Trainers Manual
A rights based training manual was developed by the Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM) in consultation with the training department of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE). Currently the SLBFE has 19 training centres and trainers from each department were brought in for the training of...
“Rala Matha Andi Roo” TV Programme
A series of Sinhala and Tamil television programmes on the issues faced by Tsunami affected women were telecast on Channel Eye and TNL in July 2005. Topics discussed included female participation on decision making, right to land, domestic violence and violence against women, livelihood, and conflict, peace and the...
Rise Up and Speak Up Together
‘Rise Up and Speak Up Together’, an event organized by the Forum Against Gender Based Violence on the 25th of November 2012 at the Galle Face Green, to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender...
House Work is also Work – International Workers’ Day 2023 – Women and Media Collective
Today, the 1st of May is International Workers’ day. As we celebrate wage earning workers today, let’s also accept that Unpaid Care Work is also work. #HouseWorkisWork #RecogniseUnpaidCareWork #ValueUnpaidCareWork #MayDay #LabourDay අද, මැයි 01 ලෝක කම්කරු දිනයයි. ගෙවීමක් හෝ වැටුපක් ලබන කම්කරුවන් සමරන අද දින‍යේ ‘නොගෙවූ සුරැකුම් වැඩ’ ත්...
Women, Quota and Local Councils
This study is based on the observations of the proceedings of 25 selected Local Authorities in the districts of Kurunegala, Galle, Badulla, NuwaraEliya and Trincomalee. WMC through five partner organisations observed 5 Pradeshiya Sabha’s of each District to examine how women took on their responsibilities as a local councillor,...
World Day against trafficking 2021
Today is the world against trafficking day. Countries the world over are affected by Human Trafficking, mostly targeting women and girls. The covid-19 pandemic has made countries such as Sri Lanka a place vulnerable for human trafficking making it crucial to therefore to share the services available for the...
SOL 2016
ஆண்மைய அரசியலைக் கடந்து செல்லல்… மற்றும் அரசியலில் பெண்கள் Click here to download SOL 2016 ஆண்மைய அரசியலைக் கடந்து செல்லல்… மற்றும் அரசியலில் பெண்கள் (SOL 2016 ) by wmcsrilanka on Scribd
CEDAW ඡායා වාර්තාව: ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ සමකාමී කාන්තාවන්, ද්විලිංගික කාන්තාවන් සහ සංක්‍රාන්ති සමාජභාවී පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහි වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම.
CEDAW ඡායා වාර්තාව: ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ සමකාමී කාන්තාවන්, ද්විලිංගික කාන්තාවන් සහ සංක්‍රාන්ති සමාජභාවී පුද්ගලයන්ට එරෙහි වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම 2018 පෙබරවාරි මස 13 සිට මාර්තු මස 03 දක්වා ස්විස්ටර්ලන්තයේ ජිනීවා නුවර පැවති කාන්තාවන්ට එරෙහි සියලූ‍ ආකාරයේ වෙනස් කොට සැලකීම් මුලිනුපුටා දැමීම සඳහා වන කමිටුවේ (CEDAW) 66 වන සැසි වාරයට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලදී. ඉදිරිපත්...
The Women and Media Collective’s commemoration of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month 2023
Women and Media Collective  commemorated International Women’s Day and  Women’s History Month 2023 with a discussion on the,“Challenges in the midst of the current socio – economic & political context of Sri Lanka and potential solutions”,  Tuesday, March 21 st, 2023 from 9.30 a.m to 1.00 p.m at the...
“Feminist Economic Justice:During Crises: Perspectives from Asia” funded by the Women’s Fund Asia moderated by Dr Sepali Kottegoda
Dr. Sepali Kottegoda, Director Programs of the Gender & Political Economy domain at the Women and Media Collective, moderated “Feminist Economic Justice During Crises: Perspectives from Asia,” which was funded by the Women’s Fund Asia. This event marked a pivotal start to the Commission on the Status of Women...
International Widows Day 2022
ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නිසා භාණ්ඩ හා සේවා මිල ඉතා ඉහළ යෑම හමුවේ බඩගින්නේ සිටින තැනැත්තන්ගේ ප‍්‍රමාණය දිනෙන් දින වැඩිවීම අද ප‍්‍රධාන ජනමාධ්‍ය සහ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා අපි දකින සුලබ කාරණයක් වී ඇත. 2019 වසරේ සියයට 13.1 ක් වූ දරිද්‍රතා අගය 2022 වනවිට 25.6 දක්වා වර්ධනය වන බවත් පවතින ආර්ථික අර්බුදය...
Options 2015: Issue 1
This is the fiftieth anniversary issue of the Options magazine which has been based on the theme Sexual Rights and Reproductive Health and Rights. You can read the Options magazine online or click here to download it in a PDF format. OPTIONS (50) 2016 by wmcsrilanka on Scribd
Statement by Women’s rights organizations calling to safeguard and protect the 25% quota for women in Local Government
Women’s rights organizations call to safeguard and protect the 25% quota for women in Local Government despite having a reduction in Local Government bodies 10th October 2022 Hon. President Ranil Wickremesinghe CC to: Hon. Prime Minister Dinesh Gunewardena Hon. State Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Janaka Wakkubura...