In a historic move, over 145 civil society personalities including academics, professionals and human rights advocates and over 44 organizations, declare their support for Sri Lankan Muslim women and girls agitating for long years for reforms to the Muslim Marriage and Divorce (MMDA). Solidarity for Muslim women victims and activists is an open acknowledgment of … Continue reading Sri Lankan Civil Society condemns Muslim MPS attempt to derail MMDA Reforms – Statement

Dr Sepali Kottegoda, Director of Programs, Women’s Economic Rights and Media and Editor of Working Hours , will be discussing  some hard facts about the unrecognised, unpaid and under-valued contribution made by women to the economy are revealed  on Kaleidoscope Let’s Talk this Thursday. with Savithri Rodrigo on the 13th of July. Tune in on … Continue reading Dr Kottegoda on Unpaid Care Work, in conversation with Savithri Rodrigo on Kaleidoscope

Postponed to January 2022 Breaking the glass ceiling in cinema! Women DOP Master Class December 3rd and 4th, 2021 at the Sri Lanka Foundation

Women, Quota and the Press: Media coverage of the 2018 Local Government elections A research on newspaper reporting around the historic 25% quota for women in Local Government from September 2017 – December 2018 Click here to download   

Source: Thinakkural கூட்டு ஒப்பந்தத்தில் சம்பள உயர்வு பற்றி பேசப்படுகின்ற போதிலும் பெண்களுக்கான ஏனைய தொழில் உரிமைகள் பற்றி கவனம் எடுக்கப்படுவதில்லை என்று உழைக்கும் பெண்கள் முன்னணியின்; பொதுச்செயலாளரும் சமூக அபிவிருத்தி நிறுவனத்தின் பெண்கள் தொடர்பான திட்ட முகாமையாளருமான யோகேஷ்வரி கிருஷ்ணன் தெரிவித்தார். தோட்டப்பகுதிகளில் பெண்கள் எதிர்நோக்கும் பிரச்சினைகளை உரிய இடங்களில் முன்வைப்பதற்கான சந்தர்ப்பம் அவர்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படுவது இல்லை. தகுதியான பெண்கள் இருந்தாலும் அவர்களின் திறமைகள் தொழிலாளர்களின் அபிவிருத்திக்கு பயன்படுத்தப்படாத நிலைமையே காணப்படுகின்றது என்றும் அவர் சுட்டிக்காட்டினார். … Continue reading Thinakkural: தோட்டப்பகுதி பெண்களுக்கான ஏனைய தொழில் உரிமைகள் பற்றி கவனமெடுக்கப்படுவதில்லை

මූලාශ්‍රය: සමබිම කම්කරු ප්‍රජාවන් එක්ක දීර්ඝ කාලයක් වැඩ කරල තිබෙන ඔබේ අත්දැකීම අනුව මේ අයගේ ප්‍රශ්න සම්බන්ධයෙන් දේශපාලනික මැදිහත් වීම කෙබඳුද? මගේ අදහස නම් හැම ආණ්ඩුවක්ම කම්කරුවෝ පාවිච්චි කළා. 1978 යූඑන්පී ආණ්ඩුව නිදහස් වෙළෙඳ කලාප ඇති කරන්නෙම වෘත්තිය සමිති තහනම් කිරීමත් එක්ක. ඒ නිසාම වෘත්තීය සමිති අයිතිවාසිකම තහවුරු කර ගන්න කම්කරු ප්‍රජාවට තවත් කාලයක් ගියා. මහින්ද … Continue reading Samabima Supplement: ආණ්ඩුවේ බෙදීම් රට පසුගාමීත්වයකට අරන් යනවා

A coalition of women’s rights activists and organizations from across Sri Lanka held a media briefing in Colombo, to highlight women’s concerns and experiences during this time of political and social crisis. The purpose of the briefing was to urge all relevant parties and communities for peace, non-violence and equality.

Since the day we lost our founder, Sunila Abeysekara, in 2013, there has been an endless flow of thought and reflection on her life among all of us. An enormous sense of gratitude for her contribution to the feminist movement and her commitment towards peoples human rights is being epitomised across the world. We have … Continue reading Commemorating Sunila: The Personal is the Political

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අනාගතවාදී නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහා ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ පෙළගැස්ම Click here to download the publication Constitution Reforming (Sin… by wmcsrilanka on Scribd