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Bernadeen Silva Memorial Art Competition is held in the memory of late Ms. Bernadeen Silva in remembrance of her extensive contribution to the civil society and her commitment to issues such as Peace, Social Justice and Civil Rights. For the year 2017, an art competition will be held in September in memory of Bernadeen Silva. For more information, Please contact 11-2595296/11-2590985/11-2596826
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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. 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 contains sections that encourage debate, as well as reviews of conferences, journals, books and films. WERC welcomes original research contributions in t
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WERC calls for research papers for the South Asian Conference 2017 on 'Cultural Productions from a Gender Perspective - a critical assessment of the cultural productions including paintings, literary productions, dramas, folk dramas and films produced in the South Asia region. This conference is funded by India Sri Lanka Foundation, Sri Lanka. Medium: English Deadline for Abstracts Submission: July 15th 2017 Submission of Full Research Paper: October 15th 2017 Dates of the Conference: November 24th
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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 Maharaja)
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Certificate Course in Women's Studies - 2017/ 2018 Duration: One Year (Sundays from 9.00am to 5.00pm) Medium of Instructions: English Entry Requirements: A degree from a recognized or minimum 3 years experience in social science/ development fields including a pass in GCE (A/L) Course Fee: Rs.12,000/= Closing Date for Applications: August 30th 2017 How to Apply: Application forms can be obtained by sending a self-addressed stamped (Rs.20/=) envelop to the Course Coordinator, Certificate Course in Wome
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