The Women and Media Collective (WMC) together with 23 Women’s organisations expressed their concern to the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government on the reported negotiations to reformulate the enacted 25% quota for women in Local Authorities. In order to ensure that the current provision of a 25% quota … Continue reading Women’s groups move to secure the 25% quota for women in Local Government

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Click here to download statement Statement by members of civil society on the National Human Rights Action Plan 2017 -2021 by wmcsrilanka on Scribd

The move to reform electoral systems in the country has generated a broad discussion, particularly around the participation of women in the political process. The proposed Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral systems is expected to use the First Past the Post (FPTP) and Proportional Representation (PR) voting systems enabling voters with greater privilege over the … Continue reading Consultation on Gender and Electoral Systems

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යුක්තිය සහිත සාමයක් සහ දේශපාලන හා ආර්ථික සමානාත්මතාවය සහිත ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදයක් හා බලය බෙදා හැරිමක් සදහා නව ව්‍යවස්ථා සම්පාදන ක‍්‍රියාවලිය ඓතිහාසික අවස්ථාවක් සපයා ඇත. ජනකොටස් අතරත්ලකලාපීය වශයෙනුත් ආර්ථික අසමානතාවයන් දිනෙන් දින වැඩිවෙමින් තිබේ. සෞඛ්‍ය සේවාවන්ලඅධ්‍යාපනය සහ සමාජ සුභසාධන සේවා දුර්වල වෙමින් පවතින අතර ස්වාභාවික සම්පත් විනාශ වෙමින් පවතී. මෙය දුප්පත්කමත්, ජනතාවගේ පීිඩාවනුත් වැඩි කිරිමට හේතු වන … Continue reading Action for a Peoples’ Constitution

Click here to read the consolidated submissions on proposed constitutional provisions by women’s groups. Download the document here

The Women and Media Collective held several discussions with women’s rights activists and groups from over 20 districts on the new constitution making process. The drafting of third constitution since Sri Lanka’s independence encouraged public opinions for the very first time. At this historic juncture it was important that thoughts and concerns of women were … Continue reading Women’s submissions to the PRC on Constitutional reforms

To further engage women in identifying key provisions for electoral reform and women’s political participation in the constitution the Women and Media Collective organised a workshop for women’s rights activists and groups from across the island on the 3rd and 4th of March 2016. This was following a series of meetings undertaken by the WMC … Continue reading A consultation on Gender and Electoral Reforms in the Constitution