Category: පුවත්

Gaps in Sri Lanka’s reproductive health profile – ScienceDev.net

Source: ScienceDev.net [COLOMBO] Sri Lanka has made significant progress on maternal and child health but falls short on critical health services for vulnerable women, sexual minorities, the country’s at-risk population and those who live in former conflict areas, say the authors of a country profile on sexual and reproductive health. This two-part report on Universal … Continue reading Gaps in Sri Lanka’s reproductive health profile – ScienceDev.net

Policy dialogue and launch of SRR and SRH Country Profiles

The Women and Media Collective (WMC) recently launched the Country Profiles on Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health Services during a national policy dialogue on Friday 4th December at the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies. The event brought together nearly 70 participants from the government, civil society, UN … Continue reading Policy dialogue and launch of SRR and SRH Country Profiles

Country Profile on Universal Access to Reproductive Rights: Sri Lanka

The Country Profile on Universal Access to Sexual and Reproductive Rights identifies that Sri Lanka has broad policies and legislation in place that cover most women’s health, family health and reproductive health concerns. It discusses some key domestic policies and legislation in place to ensure the implementation of international conventions and domestic goals locally. It … Continue reading Country Profile on Universal Access to Reproductive Rights: Sri Lanka

Statement on stoning of migrant worker from the Prime Ministers Task Force on Violence Against Women

The task force on violence against women is shocked that a Sri Lankan migrant worker has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia for the crime of adultery. Adultery is not a crime in Sri Lanka. Besides, the Sri Lankan justice system does not recognize the punishment of stoning. Such a punishment is … Continue reading Statement on stoning of migrant worker from the Prime Ministers Task Force on Violence Against Women

For her life

සෞදියේ දී ගල් ගසා මරා දැමීමට නියමිත ඇගේ ජීවිතය වෙනුවෙන් ඔබේ හදවතේ ඉඩක් ඇත්නම් දෙසැම්බර් 3 වනදා හවස 4 ට තුම්මුල්ල හංදියේ එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මූළස්ථානය ඉදිරියට එන්න. මේ ගෙවෙමින් ඇත්තේ ඇය වෙනුවෙන් අපට දැනෙන වේදනාව ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට ලැබෙන අවසන් පැය ගනන විය හැකි ය. ඒ වේදනාවට මේ අප්‍රසන්න යථාර්ථය වෙනස් කරන්නට දායක විය හැකි ද? … Continue reading For her life

UN-backed forum against gender based violence opposes death penalty *Deputy Justice Minister calls for devolution of AG’s powers – The Island

Source: The Island Women and Child Affairs Minister Chandrani Bandara addressing the media at Colombo Hilton Residences on Thursday. She is flanked by Deputy Justice Minister Dushmantha Mithrapala and Dr. Sepali Kottegoda (Pic by Sujatha Jayaratne) By Shamindra Ferdinando The UN-backed Forum against Gender Based Violence yesterday declared that it wouldn’t back moves being made … Continue reading UN-backed forum against gender based violence opposes death penalty *Deputy Justice Minister calls for devolution of AG’s powers – The Island

Legal recognition for sex workers in Sri Lanka? – The Daily Mirror

Source: Daily Mirror The demand for sex workers is overlooked; laws would protect sex workers from violence and harassment Despite the reluctance to openly discuss this subject, is evident that sex workers are abundant in contemporary Sri Lanka. Although they are condemned in terms of cultural and religious aspects, their existence cannot be denied. No … Continue reading Legal recognition for sex workers in Sri Lanka? – The Daily Mirror

Press Release: WMC condemns the attack on HNDA students

2015 ඔක්තෝබර් 02 දින මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනයයි. කොළඹ විශ්ව විද්‍යාල ප‍්‍රතිපාදන කොමිසම ඉදිරිපිට දී 2015 ඔක්තෝබර් 29 වනදින උද්ඝෝෂණයක යෙදුණු උසස් ජාතික ගණකාධිකරණ ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලා සිසුන්ට එල්ල කරන ලද පොලිස් ප‍්‍රහාරය කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය හෙළා දකින අතර එහිදී විශේෂයෙන්ම සිසුවියන්ට අමානුෂික අන්දමින් පහර දීම සම්බන්‍ධයෙන් සහ කාන්තා පොලිස් නිලධාරීන් නොමැතිව සිසුවියන් අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීම සම්බන්‍ධයෙන් අපගේ … Continue reading Press Release: WMC condemns the attack on HNDA students