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Call for Research Papers Published in all three languages, Nivedini envisages a South Asian colloquy around issues of gender and related subjects such as media, labour, politics and culture in global context and from a post disciplinary perspective. It is the only English Journal to focus on Women's Studies in Sri Lanka. The journal features theoretical, empirical and historical research that is grounded in local and regional relations and deals with a range of related subjects. The journal also contain
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WERC launched its 'Care and Share’ project on the 8th of March 2018 as a part of its activities for International Women’s Day 2018. Clothes, shoes, stationery, children’s toys and dry rations etc. were collected by the WERC staff and distributed to the needy beneficiaries. WERC identified the immediate needs of four families in the Wellawatte urban area with the help of a volunteer field officer who was a former employee. Three out of the four chosen families comprised school going children and the fourth family w
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A Call for Safe Nights! Safe Streets! Safe Homes! The Women’s Education and Research Centre (WERC) as its International Women’s Day initiative, undertook to create awareness on the issue of violence against women and called for a sexual violence free country. On the 5th of March, 2018, women from different women’s organizations and like minded organizations together with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, gathered at dusk in front of the Fort Railway Station to begin their Walk under the banner “Safe Nights!
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Felicitation of Ms. Sumitra Peiris In yet another of its International Women’s Day Activities, WERC felicitated Ms. Sumitra Peiris, the first Sri Lankan woman film maker who broke the norm and sought a field hitherto dominated by men. Also felicitated with Ms. Peiris on this occasion, was the evergreen Star of the Sri Lankan Film Industry - Ms. Iranganie Serasinghe, who holds a special place in the hearts of all film goers. The Felicitation took place at the WERC premises on the 7th of March and was chai
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WERC has been actively engaged in International Women's Day events from decades. This year WERC undertook the following activities to commemorate IWD, echoing the theme of 'Women in the Changing World of Work' and the slogan 'Be Bold for Change'. Newspaper Advertisement published in all three languages recognizing the women as business entrepreneurs, farm and plantation workers, employees, migrant workers and, home based unpaid care workers. Discussion in Sinhala medium on the popular TV Sirasa (MTV Maharaj
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