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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Click here to download report Sri Lanka Shadow Report To the Committee on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women (C… by wmcsrilanka on Scribd

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Executive Summary and Recommendations: Final Report on the Consultation Task Force and Reconciliation Mechanisms Click here to download the report Final Report on the Consultation Task Force and Reconciliation Mechanisms: Vol 1 Click here to download the report Consolidated Report Zonal Task Forces on Reconciliation Mechanisms: Vol 2 Click here to download the report

අනාගතවාදී නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් සඳහා ස්ත්‍රීන්ගේ පෙළගැස්ම Click here to download the publication

A national policy dialogue highlighting the need for more comprehensive policies in relation to women’s empowerment and gender equality was organised by the Women and Media Collective in Colombo on the 8th of November 2016. Women in economic policy, women’s labour and work and sexual and reproductive health and rights were key areas that were … Continue reading Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality in National Policy: Dialogue with Policy Makers

The annual Sri Lankan National Women’s activists Convention organised by the Women and Media Collective was an opportunity to revisit ‘feminist understanding of the current political dynamics in Sri Lanka’. It brought together around 40 feminists and women activists, some representing organisations while others individually, to Wadduwa from the 14 – 16 of October 2016. The … Continue reading National Women’s Convention 2016

The move to reform electoral systems in the country has generated a broad discussion, particularly around the participation of women in the political process. The proposed Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral systems is expected to use the First Past the Post (FPTP) and Proportional Representation (PR) voting systems enabling voters with greater privilege over the … Continue reading Consultation on Gender and Electoral Systems

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