The Women Parliamentarian’s Caucus (WPC) of Sri Lanka, held a program called ‘Embrace Her for a Real Change’ to mark the International Women’s Day in Kilinochchi at the Cooperative Hall on the 22nd of March 2017. Given that there are a unique sets of issues faced by women in the North, who have had first-hand…
The Women Parliamentarians Caucus and 3 male champions participated in a discussion with Australia’s Former Sex Discrimination Commissioner and gender equality advocate, Elizabeth Broderick, founder of the “Male Champions of Change” initiative on August 15, 2017, Male members from the Gender Sectoral Oversight Committee were invited for the discussion in an effort to formalize and…
From March 21 to 29, 2018, six women ministers from Sri Lanka undertook a one-week study tour in Australia at the invitation of the Government of Australia (GoA). Australia’s Government-sponsored the study tour as part of its overall support to strengthen the role of women in politics in Sri Lanka. The aim of the study…