ஊடக அறிக்கை தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழு, அரசியற் கட்சிகளின் தலைவர்கள் மற்றும் பாராளுமன்ற சபாநாயகருக்கான கடிதம் பெண்களுக்கான 25 வீத ஒதுக்கீட்டினை நடைமுறைப்படுத்துவதனை இசைவற்றதாக்க வேண்டாம் மகளிர் குழுக்கள் மற்றும் மகளிர் உரிமைச் செயற்பாட்டாளர்கள் உள்ளடங்கலாகக் கீழே கையெழுத்திட்டுள்ள சிவிற் சமூக நிறுவனங்களாகிய நாம், 2017ஆம் ஆண்டு 16ஆம் இலக்க உள்ளூர் அதிகார சபைகள் தேர்தல்கள் (திருத்தம்) சட்டத்திற்கு அமையப் பெண்களுக்கான 25 வீத ஒதுக்கீட்டினை முழுமையாக நடைமுறைப்படுத்துமாறு தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழுவின் தலைவர் மற்றும் உறுப்பினர்களுக்கு எழுத்து மூலம் … Continue reading ஊடக அறிக்கை: தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழு, அரசியற் கட்சிகளின் தலைவர்கள் மற்றும் பாராளுமன்ற சபாநாயகருக்கான கடிதம்

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The following proposal was submitted by women’s rights activists and groups for the 2018 national budget. The proposal, submitted to the Ministry of Finance, identifies strategies for gender responsive budgeting. Click here to download the proposal  

පළාත් පාලන ආයතන තුළ ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ නියෝජනය 25%කින් වැඩිකරන බවට රජය විසින් පොරොන්දුවක් ලබාදෙන ලදී. ඒ අනුව පසුගිය කාලය පුරා මේ ඉල්ලීම තහවුරු කරගැනීම පිණිස අප කාන්තා ක්‍රියාකාරිනියන් විසින් අදාළ දේශපාලන නායකයින් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවට ද ලක්කරන ලදී. පසුගිය අගෝස්තු 25 වන දින පළාත් පාලන ආයතන ඡන්ද විමසීම් සංශෝධන පනත සම්මතවීමත් සමඟ ඒ පිළිබඳ කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය … Continue reading Comments on the Amended Local Authorities Elections Act (Sinhala)

Source: Daily News When women are in government, the benefits are boundless: corruption lessens, the economy improves, and governance itself is more efficient. One would think such positive results would mean female participation in politics would be high, and ever-increasing. Unfortunately, in Sri Lanka, like elsewhere, this is hardly the case. Since 1931, Sri Lankan … Continue reading Fair hand for fair justice – Daily News

The Women and Media Collective (WMC) together with 23 Women’s organisations expressed their concern to the President, Prime Minister and the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government on the reported negotiations to reformulate the enacted 25% quota for women in Local Authorities. In order to ensure that the current provision of a 25% quota … Continue reading Women’s groups move to secure the 25% quota for women in Local Government

SRI LANKA COLLECTIVE ORAL STATEMENT TO CEDAW COMMITTEE Presented at 66th Session, Geneva Presented by: Thiyagi Piyadasa, Hyshyama Hamin, Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Shyamala Gomez, Anushani Alagarajah and Kumudini Samuel, on behalf activists and organizations (listed in page 4) working on women’s civil, political, socio-cultural and economic rights in rural and urban parts of Sri Lanka. Madam … Continue reading SRI LANKA: COLLECTIVE ORAL STATEMENT TO CEDAW COMMITTEE

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