Commemoration of the International Day of Migrants
ACTFORM was one of the organizers of the joint programme on “Commemoration of the International Day of Migrants – 12
ACTFORM was one of the organizers of the joint programme on “Commemoration of the International Day of Migrants – 12
Representations were made with the NGO Shadow Report before the CEDAW Committee with special focus in the areas of political
WMC representative is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Labour Migration Policy. We have proposed district level committees
WMC carried out campaigns for the Local Government Election of 2011 in order to increase nominations for women and then
The Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM) organized a press conference in October 2011 with government officials in order to
On 16th September, a National Consultation on the CEDAW COs was held at Renuka Hotel, Colombo. It was attended by
Since May 2011, the WMC initiated a discussion with NCW on the importance of conducting a meeting to discuss strategies
On 16th August, the Mothers & Daughters of Lanka a network of progressive women’s organizations conducted a members meeting, particularly
Following on from the ‘Global Consultation on the Application of Women’s Human Rights framework on the issues of Women in
As part of a project to increase the percentage of nominations and votes for women in the upcoming Local Government
On national level, the campaign consisted of newspaper, television and radio advertisements and also a hoarding. Newspaper advertisements – Two
Despite an extremely favourable Human Development Index (HDI) for women, women’s representation in elected political bodies in Sri Lanka is