A consultation hosted by WMC with the theme “Women, Work, and Well Being: What are returnee women migrants telling us?” was held on the 4th of April 2013 at Hotel Renuka in Colombo 03. The primary focus was to share the preliminary findings of the research that WMC conducted with Returnee Migrant women workers in … Continue reading Consultation: “Women, Work, and Well Being: What are returnee women migrants telling us?”

අද (8th of March 2013) ජාත්‍යන්තර කාන්තා දින සැමරුම ‘ස්ත‍්‍රී ඳුෂණ හා ඝාතන වහා නවතනු’ යන සටන් පාඨයත් සමඟ නුගෝගොඩ වැලිපාක් නාගරික තෙත්බිම් උද්‍යානයෙන් සිට පාගමනකින් ඇරඹිණි. මෙම පාගමන නුගේගොඩ ආනන්ද සමරකෝන් එළි මහන් රංග පීඨය දක්වා සටන් පාඨ හා බයිසිකල්වල නැගි කාන්තා ක‍්‍රියාකාරිනිය, වීදි නාට්‍ය, විරිඳු හා වැනි විශේෂාංගයන්ගේ දායකත්වයෙන් යුතු විය. කාන්තා දින … Continue reading International Women’s Day 2013

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Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM) has issued a media statement in lieu of International Migrants Day 2012. It’s available in Sinhala, Tamil and English. 2012 දෙසැම්බර් 18 වන දින ජාත්‍යන්තර සංක්‍රමනික සේවය දිනය සමරමු

As part of the Fokus project, a 2 day residential new media training was held in Colombo on the 29th and 30th of November 2012. The training was conducted by Sanjana Hattotuwa, the editor of Groundviews, an award winning citizen journalism website. The training components included introduction to new media, training on some technical aspects … Continue reading New Media Training (FOKUS)

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WMC Director Dr. Sepali Kottegoda spoke at the National Conference on “The Role of Women in Reconciliation”. Her presentation Do Women play a role in Sri Lanka’s ‘Reconciliation’?: Gender dynamics in the transition from war to peace can be found below. Photo from http://www.kadirgamarinstitute.lk/