ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: People Council was started in Ampara District Peop...: People Council was started in Ampara District People council was started as upper step of the citizen forum process in Agrarian trainin...
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT NETWORK: People Council was started in Ampara District Peop...: People Council was started in Ampara District People council was started as upper step of the citizen forum process in Agrarian trainin...
A meeting was organized with objective of understanding the existing situation about the widows in war effected villages and discuss about future process in five villages of Mannar district.40 widows from Pesale, Madukare, Mullikulam, Thottaweli, and Walkepttrankandal villages were participated to the program. Main finds-• Still they are living in temporally huts. • Any systematic process was not taken to ...
A team of wome from Baticaloa district visited to the Neombo as a exposure visit on 11 to 14th December with the following objectives The women leaders at Batticaloa to connect with women’s groups of traditional small scale fishing communities in other parts of Sri Lanka (south) To exchange experiences and link up struggles/ advocacy. Of enhancing reconciliation between ethnic ...
Two Fisher Leaders who faced to a court case filled by Negombo police, accusing that they are conspiring against the state by distributing falls information and making people unrest. two fisher leaders were freed by Negombo magistrate after hearing the case near two years and case was closed on 21st Monday 2012. Marcus Fernando, Chairman of United Negombo Lagoon Fisher ...
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement working with IDPS and women that heading the family, for several years in North and East. During the period we identified that there are large number of women in Trincomalee district have lost their husbands due to war, natural disasters, disappearances and accidents. Among them, war and disappearance of husbands have caused the major reason for ...
World Fisheries Day today Ridma Dissanayake President Manhinda Rajapaksa has given priority to supplying fresh and nutritious fish for people at fair prices through the Budget 2013. "The network of fish stalls in the country will be expanded within next two three years. The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry and the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation (CFC) will work together to ...
Rev. Bishop, Rev. Father, Rev. Sister, Brother, Sister,Fisher people in many areas in the northern province are facing serious difficulties on their living, livelihoods, and occupations due to various issues pertaining to them. At the same time the situation become further deteriorated due to the Indian trawlers which are poaching in to the SL waters mainly in the northern sea ...
By Kath Noble.The threats to senior academic and trade union leader Nirmal Ranjith Devasiri have been condemned by a wide range of individuals and institutions in the last week.picture Courtesy of: http://futa-sl.org/He is a well known personality in Colombo. More importantly, as the representative of the national body of university teachers, he is part of the mainstream.Also, it is clear ...
on 12th March 2013, Conducted a meeting, appreciating work done by Human right activists and attorney at Law S.G.Punchihewa. Pro.Kalo fonseka ,Writers- Gunasena vithana , Jaayathilaka Kammallawera,Denagama siriwrdana and Ravaya Editor K.W.Janaranjana gave the speech.This was held in Jayawardana centre colombo
= Women activists decry public apathy to curb increase in incidents= More police posts to be set up in tourist areasBy Nadia FazlulhaqLast week’s alleged rape of a 47-year old woman in Wijerama and an attempted rape of a 25-year old German tourist in Chilaw, have once again raised the question, how safe are women in our country—both local and ...
Conservation International Praises Launch of Community-Based ‘No Take Zones’ To Protect The Productive And Healthy Coral Reefs That Support Its People, Its Development And The Second-Most Biodiverse Populations Of Reef Fish In The WorldTimor-Leste (PRWEB) February 07, 2013Marking a significant day in the ten-year history of the nation of The Republic Democratic of Timor-Leste, Conservation International (CI) applauds its government ...
By Niranjala AriyawanshaThe generation of electricity from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in the Thirunelveli District, build despite protests from thousands of Tamil Nadu citizens, is to begin soon and according to Minister V. Narayan Samy, the ‘final touches’ to the project are being done to begin the power generation in early December.While an Indian court has declared that steps ...
National Fisheries Solidarity Movement celebrated the World fisheries day in Negombo on 22nd November 2011, with more than 500 fisher community members from all over the Island, together with World fishing community under the theme of “Ensure Food Sovereignty, Through International Instrument For Small Scale Fisheries”. The program was organized focusing submitting of report prepared on voluntary guide line for ...
[30 October 2012] NEW YORK – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, warned today of the threat of ‘ocean-grabbing’ to food security, and urged world governments and international bodies to halt the depletion of fish stocks, and take urgent steps to protect, sustain, and share the benefits of fisheries and marine environments.“‘Ocean-grabbing’ – ...
he Navy has arrested at least 37 Indian fishermen with five trawlers off Pulmodai, Trincomalee this morning while they were fishing in Sri Lankan waters, Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said.They are being detained by the Trincomalee Navy camp and would be handed over to the Trincomalee harbour police today, he said.Source: http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/23954-37-indian-fishermen-nabbed-in-trinco.html ...
The “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign supports grassroots partners that give children access to nutritious food for today AND for the rest of their lives through long-term, sustainable agricultural programs. This year’s amazing partners are from countries around the world like Kenya, Thailand, India, Haiti, USA and more, and include some of WhyHunger’s long time partners in New York and ...
A long-standing CAFOD partner from Sri Lanka has been singled out at the Food Sovereignty Prize awards in New York. The ceremony took place on 10 October, publicly honouring community organisations that promote food sovereignty. Read full story
On the sixth day of historic and decisive phase of anti-nuclear struggle in Koodankulam people buried themselves in symbolic graves. Hundreds of people, including women and children buried themselves in the sand on the sea shore.Here is the update from People's Movement Against Nuclear EnergyKoodankulam Update: September 15, 2012Press Release From PMANE:On the sixth day of the protest against Koodankulam ...
Fisher community strengthening their fight for fuel subsidiary. Fisher women leading the day with a strong protest in the road side in front of the stage of hunger strike taking place in the Negombo Municipal council.This is the forth day of the continuing protest of Fishers.Evidence shows that more fisher women and fisher are gathering to the place from other ...
