Representatives of 112 Civil organizations were gathered to Colombo and met the common candidate for presidential election in January 2015. After a conference held on present political, social and economical context of the country with about 600 people a proposal with concerning policy matters by civil society of the country were submitted to Mr. Mythreepala Sirisena, common candidate for residential ...
young boy has taken the burden of feeding ten membered family in a village of Jaffna district. 17 year old Muththaiya Dharshan work as construction worker and live in temporary shelter built in some one else's land. The family from Valikamauam North, have been shifted to vanni during war in 90s, after the end of war they have reach to ...
The Sri Lankan fishermen who were held at Andaman island have been released last Wednesday.The health condition of the fishermen are very poor and need medical treatments to recover them and become fully healthy.For your information, the skipper become very weak due to heart troubles and he had been hospitalized too during their detention. Another one had serious problem in ...
PRESSNOTE 17-2-2012We extend our solidarity and love to the deceased Valentine from Moothakara(Kerala) and Pinku from Iramenthurai (Tamilnadu) and their families. We also congratulate on the immediate action taken by the Tamilnadu and Kerala Governments.Certain facts are important to understand the situation of this killing. The boat in which 11 fishermen were operating was St. Antony Reg. No TN15 MFD ...
Around 2000 farmers where majority are paddy cultivators staged a walking protest in Dambulla on 20th March. (North Central Province). Paddy farmers are struggling to sell their crops for fare price.Price of all most all commodities have been increased within last one month time period after fuel price increase but paddy price per kilo have been decreased. Last season farmers ...
Two campaigners were attacked including musicians and political campeigner Mr. Jayathilake Bandara, during street campaign in Anuradapura district. Local politicians of governing party and a group of thugs were involved in the attacking. These campaigners were on street awareness campaign for establishment of democratic country through change with reform in Sri Lankan political context targeting forthcoming presidential election. Attackers were ...
Global marine and inland fisheries provide food security to millions of people, supplying a vital source of high-quality dietary protein and supporting livelihoods and incomes. It is widely acknowledged, however, that the productivity of global fisheries as a source of food is declining, caused primarily by unsustainable and destructive fishing practices and distorting subsidies, and aggravated by climate change. In ...
Monthly evaluation meeting on the programs that NAFSO implements especiallyin the North and East was held commonly on 3rd of April 2012. District coordinators in Jaffna, Mannar,Ampara, Trincomalie, Betticaloa and Kilinochchi participated to the meeting andadministrative secretary and program coordinators participated as NAFSOsecretariat. In the mean while aseparated meeting was conducted with the district animators in Trincomalie, Mannarand Betticaloa where ...
World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) Office of the Special Invitee, 7/48 Manavalakurichy, Kannyakumari District, Tamilnadu-629252, India.Phone: +91 9360645772, Email:thomasksa@gmail.com, web:www.thomaskocherry.com Press note 19-11-2012 World Fisheries Day(WFD). Globalization and Nuclear Free World It is celebrated in Bangalore at St.Anne’s College Compound, Miller’s Road, 1, from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm.on 21-11-2012The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) is a ...
Civil organisations together with NGOs and political parties who are working for change in political arena conducted a street campaign to advocate public on 25th of November.Used a collection of different means and methods to bring the message to people. Hundreds of people were participated to the program and were able to aware more than thousand of people around ...
A hunger protest conducted by Ven. Bandiwawa Diaysena Tero and several other monks have been stopped after 3 days.they were conducting this hunger protest for more than 72 hours to oppose the transfer of officer In charge of Puthlam police station, who have done a excellent job, specially to prevent illegal drugs in the area.Nearing, presidential election, several of such ...
Urges credible probe into the actions of the mob attack on 4th AugustLawyers witnessed an event of a mob disrupting a peaceful meeting to discuss issues of disappeared families, held at Center for Society & Religion, located in the premises of a Catholic Church in Colombo 10, on 4th August 2014. This meeting was organised by Families of The Disappeared, ...
by Melani Manel Perera.With branches in 16 districts, the Active Citizenship for Development Network organises a conference on the topic. One of its goals is to provide proposals and ideas to the authorities for the 2013 budget.Colombo (AsiaNews) - The Active Citizenship for Development Network (ACDN) organised a conference in Trincomalee to discuss ways to increase awareness among the poor ...
Preamble: A ll the nations once again will meet in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 to discuss the future of the world and the very survival of the humankind. However, in general no nation has a success story to share other than so called growth and increase of per capita income which is based on the over exploitation of ...
by Melani Manel PereraJohn Rankin met 200 Catholic Tamil refugees force d to live in a jungle with nothing. They had been drive out of their village more than 20 years ago during the civil war. The high commissioner plans to discuss their plight with the Sri Lanka government.Mannar (AsiaNews) - Conditions for refugees in Mullikulam are "harsh and painful". ...
Strategically impotent discussion on strengthen the Alliance of Northern Province Fisher Peoples' were conducted on 31st of May at the office of the Alliance in Jaffna with the objectives of identify the barriers to Strengthen of Northern Province fishers alliance and decide how to overcome the identified barriers in the future and to Identify the new strategies to use ...
The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013. The Commission on the Status of Women (hereafter referred to as “CSW” or “the Commission”) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). It is the principal global ...
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