Our guest post for today is a cartoon by Damayanthi Muthukumarage. The cartoon reads “A marriage certificate is not a license for violence” Damayanthi blogs at colomboi.wordpress.com
Originally from http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/23912-lanka-tops-sexual-harassment-list-in-south-asia.html Sri Lanka has topped the list of sexual harassment cases in the South Asian region especially relating to women being harassed in public transport, the Legal Aid Commission said yesterday. Commission’s Chairman S. S. Wijeratne made this revelation while addressing the White Ribbon campaign that was held at Bastian Mawatha with the aim of stopping sexual harassment in ...
It was not too long ago when a young woman was harassed at the Wariyapola bus terminal which sparked an outrage on social media platforms. It was a grave reminder that Street Harassment is highly prevalent in Sri Lanka. Studies suggest that 94% of women are harassed when using public transport in Sri Lanka while only 2.1% of women reported ...
During the 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence campaign (from the 25th of November to the 10th of December) the 29th of November marks the International Women Human Rights Defenders Day to commemorate all women human rights defenders across the world who has worked tirelessly to promote and protect human rights of women. It is they who investigate, ...
‘Equal Rights and Justice’ ‘සම අයිතීන් සහ සාධාරණත්වය’ ‘சம உரிமைகளும் நீதியும்’ Awantha Artigala’s portfolio is at https://www.facebook.com/Awantha.artigala and http://awanthaartigala.blogspot.com/
Join the GBV Teaching on Twitter to mark the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence. Follow the hastags #16days and #GBVTeachin and retweet, ask questions and share your thoughts.
‘Let’s celebrate South Asia Women’s Day! Let’s eliminate Violence Against Women!’ Awantha Artigala’s portfolio is at https://www.facebook.com/Awantha.artigala and http://awanthaartigala.blogspot.com/
The Life of Silent Endurance Photo:psychologybenefits.org Born under a dark cloud of fear Vulnerable from the day it’s visible Protecting and safeguarding becomes key Clothed in rose, pierced ears, signaled out Let it begin… Preyed on by a whirlwind of eyes Some familiar some not so much A time when mornings were a nightmare Fingerprints left behind on the skin ...
This is a story I’ve been meaning to tell for a while now. While the story itself is set in the recent past, there is a bit of a backstory that encapsulates the series of events that led to it. September 2009 —home It was a Thursday and my father had just returned home from work. That night at the ...
By T who blogs at http://dance-triangle.blogspot.com Original post at http://dance-triangle.blogspot.com/2011/12/for-16days-campaign-what-do-you-think.html The 16 days of activism campaign got me thinking and trying to define Gender Based Violence to myself. Violence based on, or because of your gender didn’t seem to quite cut it. Violence denotes aggression and aggressive behaviour, physical force, injuries, blood; but so often violence, and abuse, is not just about ...
Originally from http://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/sexist-remarks-minister-should-not-have-referred-to-my-looks-and-womanhood-rosy/ By Colombo Telegraph - “I consider it as an insult. The minister should not have referred to my looks and womanhood in that manner,” says UNP MP Rosy Senanayake. Rosy Senanayake made these remarks against Transport Minister Kumara Welgama today. Rosy Senanayake Transport Minister Kumara Welgama told Parliament today he had no words to express his feelings towards UNP MPR
A message to think not a minute but more On November 25th – International day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Women don’t need a another day marked in the calendar to celebrate the brutal violence they come across in their lives. They don’t need round table meetings to talk about her worries and forget about them. As a ...
By Thushara Dassanayake-Karunadhara From common experience we know that there are very few Sri Lankan women who have not experienced some form of gender based abuse. Whether it is in our own homes, on the bus, on the street or at work, we have all experienced men abusing women and girls – our mothers and sisters, through violence, sexual harassment, ...
Original post at http://dance-triangle.blogspot.com/2012/10/who-are-these-men.html The liars, the cheaters, the schemers. The harassers, the rapists, the murderers. The alcoholics, the drug addicts, the wife beaters, the child abusers. The ones who put chilli powder in their wife’s vagina. The ones who play with their penis in front of their daughter. The ones who rape their stepdaughters while their wives earn a living ...
Roel Raymond, blogs at http://kataclysmichaos.tumblr.com/, tweets at http://twitter.com/kataclysmichaos, free-lance journalist, full-time advertising professional. Mother. Original post can be found here. Two months ago I sat for my first year final exams at the Open University of Sri Lanka. Last months edition of the Hi Magazine showcased 3 pages of clothes from designer K.T Brown – modelled by me. And in December, I ...
