Incidents of rape have increased 20 percent in last two years as current law fails to criminalise domestic sex attacks. Source: Al Jazeera Colombo, Sri Lanka – Recent allegations that a naval officer in the northern city of Jaffna raped an 11-year-old girl have cast a spotlight on the growing problem of sexual violence in … Continue reading Rapes surge in Sri Lanka amid weak laws
Sixteen days of activism against Gender Violence is an annual international campaign which takes place from the 25th November to the 10th of December. Last year women’s organizations from the North and Eastern parts of Sri Lanka contributed to the 16 days of activism against Gender Violence by initially highlighting reported incidents of sexual violence … Continue reading Statement: 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence 2013
ස්තී‍්‍ර පුරුෂ සමාජභාව හිංසනයට එරෙහි දින 16 කි‍්‍රයා ව්‍යාපාරය නොවැම්බර් 25 සිට දෙසැම්බර් 10 දක්වා මුළු දෙන වාර්ෂික ජාත්‍යන්තර කි‍්‍රයා ව්‍යාපාරයකි. පසු ගිය වසරේ ශී‍්‍ර ලංකාවේ උතුර හා නැගෙනහිර පළාත්වල ස්තී‍්‍ර සංවිධාන ආමන්ත‍්‍රණය නොකරන ලද සිද්ධීන් බොහොමයක් තිබේය යන කාරණය සිත්හි දරා ගෙන මූලික වශයෙන් ලිංගික හිංසනය පිළිබඳ වාර්තාගත වූ සිද්ධි අවධාරණය කරමින් ස්තී‍්‍ර පුරුෂ … Continue reading Statement: 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence 2013
Not Gonna Take it Lying Down will be launched Today, 27th of March 2014, by Women’s Support Group (WSG) at the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo. Not Gonna Take It Lying Down (English)
ස්තී‍්‍ර ආධාරක කණ්ඩායම ( Women’s Support Group – WSG) විසින් අද, 2014 මාර්තු 27 වන දින කොළඹ ජනවාර්ගික අධ්‍යයනයන් සඳහා වූ ජාත්‍යන්තර මධ්‍යස්ථානයේ දී පරාජය නිකම්ම භාර ගන්නේ නෑ කෘතිය එළි දක්වනු ඇත. Not Gonna Take It Lying Down (Sinhala)
We at Women and Media Collective (WMC) are deeply saddened at the loss of Sunila Abeysekera, a leading human rights activist in Sri Lanka who was one of the founding members of our organization and an Honorary Director. She passed away on the 9th of September 2013 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Rest in Peace Sunila. … Continue reading WMC mourns the demise of Sunila Abeysekera
Women and Media Collective is deeply saddened by the sudden demise of Pearl Stephen, Founder and Director of Women’s Development Centre (WDC), Kandy. She has been working tirelessly for the past three decades for the welfare of women and girls, especially to end violence against women. The first shelter in Kandy for women victims of … Continue reading WMC condoles demise of Pearl Stephen
Women and Media Collective is deeply saddened by the sudden demise of Pearl Stephen, Founder and Director of Women’s Development Centre (WDC), Kandy. She has been working tirelessly for the past three decades for the welfare of women and girls, especially to end violence against women. The first shelter in Kandy for women victims of … Continue reading WMC condoles demise of Pearl Stephen
