It’s time to rethink the feminist agenda!
Photo courtesy Hispanichorizons, via SoundCloud Today is the International Women’s Day. It is 41 years since this day came out as a result of an event the Socialist Party of America organized….
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Mapping Street Harassment This Women’s Day
Featured image courtesy Streetharassmenthurts “Virtually unreported, condoned and invisibalised”. These are the words used in Women and Media Collective’s December 2015 Country Profile on Universal Access to Reproductive Rights to describe street-based…
The Quota for Women in Local Government: A pledge for parity and a parody in parliament?
Photo courtesy Women and Media Collective The theme for International Women’s Day this year is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step it up for Gender Equality”. A good day to reflect on the…
Of rape, killings, impunity and our Collective Amnesia
Images provided by WATCHDOG As women’s rights groups and activists mark International Women’s Day tomorrow (8th) and the month of March as ‘Dark March’[1], we hope that we can take a long,…
Urgent Need for Comprehensive Age-Appropriate Relationship Education
On the 21st of January 2016 the published ‘Wariyapola Hit by HIV’ – a news report outlining that “The Kurunegala district has the second largest number of HIV infected cases among all…
Silence in the Courts, Silence in Society and Women at Peril
Featured image courtesy The Justice Project – South Asia As I watched ““, a documentary movie by award-winning Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage aired at the University of Ottawa Human Rights Film Festival…
Solidarity Actions and Struggles for Justice in Sri Lanka
Image courtesy BBC On 28th December 2015, the Nuwara Eliya High Court delivered a historic judgment: two men were each sentenced to 23 years rigorous imprisonment and ordered to pay Rs. 200,000 in…
Progress and Backsliding
Photo via by AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena Rizana Nafeek was the first Lankan woman to be executed in Saudi Arabia. She was beheaded after a questionable trial. Now a second Lankan woman is…
Standing Tall: A study of Women In Need’s dedication to combating violence against women
Featured image courtesy Amalini de Sayrah Yesterday (November 25) marked the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. To mark this day, decided to study an organisation dedicated towards combating violence against…
In Memoriam: Priya Thangarajah
“I am a queer feminist aspiring activist. While I found feminism through a great upheaval in my life, I found queerness through love. I studied law because I was fascinated and continue…
Allegations of sexual misconduct: Red Cross in the spotlight
Photo of Indian Housing Project recipient courtesy the Red Cross Travel to the North and East of Sri Lanka and you may notice, dotted amongst the fields and along the dusty expanses…
Ruminations after Colombo Pride: Why Queer Interest Litigation is Public Interest Litigation
Photo courtesy SALGBT Network Part I Exactly a month ago from today, the US Supreme Court’s holding, in seemed to give cause for celebration to many individuals, most of whom expressed solidarity…
Gang rape and murder of a school girl
Image courtesy News First The recent gang rape and murder of a school girl in Jaffna has, within the few days, triggered many public reports in newspapers and elsewhere, raised many issues…
The rape and murder of Vidya: Do women really matter in Sri Lanka?
Editors note: Original image was taken from Icarus Wept. Rather than the issues noted in the article, or the incident of rape, many initial comments focussed on the use of the photo. Histrionics…
Rape and domestic violence in Sri Lanka: Triggered by a mind-set?
Image courtesy Beyond Borders Water runs through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence. The same could be said about changing a nation’s mind-set. “A culture that propagates…
