Parliament’s Representation of Women: A Selective Review of Sri Lanka’s Hansards from 2005-2014
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Written Statement for the 60th Session of the CSW
Source: ARROW Commission on the Status of Women Sixtieth session 14-24 March 2016 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” Statement submitted by Asia Pacific Women’s Watch and Asian-Pacific Resource and Research … Continue reading Written Statement for the 60th Session of the CSW
16 Days of Activism against GBV 2015 campaign
The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) online campaign for the year 2015 was designed to bring attention to the forms of GBV prevalent in Sri Lanka. The campaign was carried out alongside the 16 days activities that were organised on the ground, a joint effort by members of the GBV Forum. … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism against GBV 2015 campaign
Capping women’s Economic freedom – Daily News
The Family Background Report discriminates women due to their gender, age and marital status, said Women’s Activist and Human Rights Activist Priyadharshani Ariyarathna. She filed a public interest litigation earlier last month seeking an order to suspend the Family Background Report circular, which is a requirement for all women migrant workers. FBR should be a … Continue reading Capping women’s Economic freedom – Daily News
Women’s contribution to the new constitution making process
The Women and Media Collective organised a round of discussion on the new constitution making process and to see the possibilities where women’s groups can intervene. The Discussions were conducted in Batticaloa , Kurunegala and Colombo with the participation of women activists, civil society organization members, women affiliated to political parties, Trade union women and … Continue reading Women’s contribution to the new constitution making process
A national conference for Women Headed Households
Under the banner ‘Empowering women headed households – A building block in the reconciliation process’ a national conference for women headed households took place on the 10th December 2015 at the BMICH. Viluthu, Centre for Human Resource Development in partnership with FLICT organised this event which brought together women headed households from the North and … Continue reading A national conference for Women Headed Households
The fuss and buzz over the Enrique bra – The Daily Mirror
Culture means a form or stage of civilisation of a nation: and it keeps changing Sri Lanka has been quite notorious in the international arena with regard to undergarments. Lingerie in particular. BuzzFeed, a popular American internet media company picked up the story about a confusing advertisement on lingerie by Triumph in Sri Lanka on … Continue reading The fuss and buzz over the Enrique bra – The Daily Mirror