Source: ARROW Commission on the Status of Women Sixtieth session 14-24 March 2016 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and to the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century” Statement submitted by Asia Pacific Women’s Watch and Asian-Pacific Resource and Research … Continue reading Written Statement for the 60th Session of the CSW

The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) online campaign for the year 2015 was designed to bring attention to the forms of GBV prevalent in Sri Lanka. The campaign was carried out alongside the 16 days activities that were organised on the ground, a joint effort by members of the GBV Forum. … Continue reading 16 Days of Activism against GBV 2015 campaign

The Women and Media Collective organised a round of discussion on the new constitution making process and to see the possibilities where women’s groups can intervene. The Discussions were conducted in Batticaloa , Kurunegala and Colombo with the participation of women activists, civil society organization members, women affiliated to political parties, Trade union women and … Continue reading Women’s contribution to the new constitution making process

Culture means a form or stage of civilisation of a nation: and it keeps changing Sri Lanka has been quite notorious in the international arena with regard to undergarments. Lingerie in particular. BuzzFeed, a popular American internet media company picked up the story about a confusing advertisement on lingerie by Triumph in Sri Lanka on … Continue reading The fuss and buzz over the Enrique bra – The Daily Mirror

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With the government ensuring a 25% representation of women in Local Government bodies, the Women and Media Collective and the International Centre for Ethnic Studies facilitated a discussion on the Local Authorities Elections Amendment Act of 2012. The discussion focused on increasing representation of women under the mixed electoral system. The backdrop to the Act … Continue reading Discussion on increasing women’s political representation

The task force on violence against women is shocked that a Sri Lankan migrant worker has been sentenced to death by stoning in Saudi Arabia for the crime of adultery. Adultery is not a crime in Sri Lanka. Besides, the Sri Lankan justice system does not recognize the punishment of stoning. Such a punishment is … Continue reading Statement on stoning of migrant worker from the Prime Ministers Task Force on Violence Against Women

சவுதியில் கல்லெறிந்து கொல்லப்படவுள்ள அவளது வாழ்க்கையின் பொருட்டு உங்கள் இதயத்திலும் ஓர் இடம் இருக்கின்றதெனின் டிசம்பர் 3ஆம் திகதி பிற்பகல் 4 மணிக்கு தும்முல்லை சந்தியிலுள்ள ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் சபையின் காரியாலயத்துக்கு முன்னால் வாருங்கள். இது அவளுக்காக எம்மால் உணரப்பட முடியுமான வேதனைகளை வெளிப்படுத்துவதற்குக் கிடைக்கப் பெற்றுள்ள கடைசி மணித்துளிகளே இப்போது செலவழிந்து கொண்டிருக்கின்றன. அந்த வேதனையின் மூலம் இந்த விரும்பத் தகாத யதார்த்தத்தை மாற்றுவதற்கான பங்களிப்பை வழங்க முடியுமா ? வாருங்கள் … . – … Continue reading For her life