WMC is once again organizing a photography exhibition by women photographers, following the positive response generated by previous exhibitions. It is a unique event where the work of women engaging in what is still a mainly male dominated profession in Sri Lanka, is exhibited. Through this endeavor WMC will be providing the women photographers, both … Continue reading CLOSED: Call for Submissions: WMC Women’s Photography Exhibition 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)

The WMC Short FIlm Competition is back! With cash prizes for the winners and a chance to screen their films at WMC events next year! The Application Form can be accessed by clicking the links below. Please note that failure to submit Application Form will disqualify entries. English – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881138/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-English Sinhala – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881103/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-Sinhala Tamil – http://www.scribd.com/doc/105881166/Wmc-Short-Film-Competition-2012-Application-Form-Tamil DEADLINE – … Continue reading WMC Short Film Competition 2012 | Winners and Shortlist

2012 සැප්තැම්බර් 09 වන ඉරිදා ලක්බිම නිව්ස් විද්්‍යුත් පුවත්පතේ දේශපාලන පිටුවේ හසන්ත විජේනායක විසින්, ඉන්දීය තමිල්නාඩු මහඇමතිනී ජයලලිතා සම්බන්‍ධයෙන් අඳින ලද කාටූනයට කාන්තාව හා මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකයේ දැඩි අප‍්‍රසාදය හා විරෝධය මෙයින් පළකරමු.

A demonstration was held on the 20th of July 2012 at Lipton Circus, Town Hall, Colombo. It was convened by Kamini M. Vitarana and women gathered to protest the current spate of incidents of violence against women and children, remarks by the police that this is “the fault of the parents” and the inability of … Continue reading Women protest against the current spate of rape and child abuse

පසුගිය කාලය පුරාම පළ වූ මාධ්‍ය වා3⁄4තාවලට අනුව කාන්තාවන්ට හා ළමුන්ට එරෙහිව සිදුවන ස්තී්‍ර දුෂණ හා ළමා අපචාර සිදුවීම් දිනෙන් දින ඉහල යමින් පවතින තත්ත්වයක් අපට පෙනේ. මෙය කාන්තාවන්ට හා දරුවන්ට පමණක් බලපාන ප්‍රශ්නයක් ලෙස නොසලකන අපි, මෙය මුළු මහත් සමාජයේම ප්‍රශ්නයක් බව දැඩිව අවධාරණය කරමු. මෙවැනි තත්ත්වයන් ඇති වීමට බලපාන හේතු සාධක සොයා බලා, … Continue reading Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children