Women’s rights activists condemn the use of vulgar, sexist language against the Chief Justice by ministers and parliamentarians
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/117467473/Women-s-rights-activists-condemn-the-use-of-vulgar-sexist-language-against-the-chief-justice-by-ministers-and-parliamentarians
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
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
WMC has issued a media statement on the recent spate of incidents of violence against women and children. We urge state institutions such as the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Child Development, the Ministry of Justice, the Child Protection Authority and the Department of Police to act immediately to stop this wave of violence against women and children. … Continue reading Media Statement on the Incidence of Sexual Violence against Women and Children
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
In lieu of the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, WMC launched an online campaign at http://srilanka16days.wordpress.com/ using social networking and blogging as a platform for raising awareness. The campaign was held from the 25th of November to the 10th of December. Some of the blog posts from the campaign were republished in mainstream media. … Continue reading 16 Days Online Campaign – 2011
In lieu of the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence, WMC launched an online campaign at http://srilanka16days.wordpress.com/ using social networking and blogging as a platform for raising awareness. The campaign was held from the 25th of November to the 10th of December. Some of the blog posts from the campaign were republished in mainstream media. … Continue reading 16 Days Online Campaign – 2011
This research is currently ongoing. While it is still too early to determine the outcome or impact of this research, it must be noted that there is online casino already an element of awareness raising no issues relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) in the process of conducting the interviews.
WMC held a press conference on the 17th of August 2011 in order to discuss the issue of “Grease Devils” which spread fear among women all over the country for several months and subjected them to a great deal of abuse. It was attended by a group of women including those from the Eastern province, … Continue reading Press Conference on the issue of “Grease Devils”