Media Statement – Journalism Awards 2012
Women journalists shine at the Journalism Awards 2012
Women journalists shine at the Journalism Awards 2012
The Women and Media Collective together with other concerned representatives of women’s organisations wish to express our dismay at the continuing statements made by Sri Lankan parliamentarians belittling Sri Lankan women’s role and contributions to society.
Joining the Dots is a research that explores the economic empowerment of women in conflict affected areas combining UNSCR 1325, CEDAW and BPFA. The research was carried out in 6 countries in the Asia Pacific region, Fiji, Aceh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan by Asia Pacific Women’s Watch, JERA International, Australia and the Women … Continue reading Joining the Dots – Exploring the economic empowerment of women in conflict affected areas
During a meeting for Sinhala and Tamil language women bloggers, Women and Media Collective caught up with two women bloggers who have been active in the blogsphere for many years, Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai and Sanjeewika Manohari. Interview with Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai (English language) Interview with Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai (Tamil language) Interview with Sanjeewika Manohari (Sinhala language)
මෙවර මැයි දින රැුළිවල විශේෂත්වයක් ලෙස අප දකින්නේ බොහෝ වෘත්තීය සමිති කම්කරු ස්ත්රීන්ගේ අයිතිවාසිකම් හා ඉල්ලීම් තම ප්රධාන මැයි රැුළි තේමාවන්වලට ඇතුළත් කිරීමට කටයුතු සූදානම් කිරීමයි. එ් වෙනුවෙන් කම්කරු ස්ත්රීන්ව, ඔවුන්ට අදාළ වන තේමාවන් ඔස්සේ වෙනම බැනරයන් යටතේ මැයි දින පෙළපාලි වල ගමන් කරවීමට සූදානම් කර ඇත. Image from https://www.srilankaguardian.org
The awarding ceremony of the WMC Short Film Competition 2012 was held on the 19th of March 2013 at Punchi Theatre, Borella. First Place: Arambuma by Thisun Chandrasiri and Mathan Kumar Second Place: The Alert by Nipunika Fernando Third Place: Assai by Deva Aloysius The short films can be watched at http://womenandmedia.org/wmc-short-film-competition-2012/
The Women and Media Collective proudly presents its 9th annual film festival Screenings: 3pm & 6pm each day Venue : Punchi Theatre, Colombo 08 ENTRANCE FREE 20th March – A Separation 21st March – The Dirty Picture 22nd March – Sarafina! The award ceremony and screening of winning entries of the WMC Short Film Competition … Continue reading WMC Film Festival 2013
As part of a series of events organized in celebration of International Women’s Day, Women and Media Collective (WMC) organized a photography exhibition featuring Sri Lankan women photographers. The exhibition is an annual event and has been generating positive responses since it started in 2009. It is a unique event where the work of women … Continue reading WMC Women’s Photography Exhibition 2013
2013 ජනවාරි 22 වන දින Ceylon Today පුවත්පතේ මුල්පිටුවෙහි, 2013 ජනවාරි 23 වන දින මව්බිම පුවත්පතේ 12 වන පිටුවේ හා එහි විද්්යුත් පුවත්පත් දෙකෙහි මත්පැන් පානය කර මෝටර් රථයක් පැදවූ කාන්තාවක් පිළිබඳ පළ කර තිබු වාර්තාවට කාන්තාව හා මාධ්ය සාමූහිකයේ අප්රසාදය හා විරෝධය මෙයින් පළ කරමු.