NAFSO Women Leaders meet Leaders at SNEHA at Nagapattinam

Leaders of National Women Federation, lead by Lavena Hasanthi, the women coordinator of NAFSO met the leaders of SNEHA in Naga[attinam on 24th October. Jesurethinam Christy, the coordinator of Coastal Action Network lead the discussion and shared their valuable experiences of the struggle against the Nuclear Power Plant i Koodankulam which is one of the most hazardous...

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Sri Lankan women leaders are meeting their relatives in TN, South India

Sri Lankan women team with 07 women and a man attended a visit to meet their relatives, friends and counter parts in Tamil Nadu for a week long tour on  22nd of October 2015.  The women group met their friends in Trichy and learnt how the women are surviving with limited resources and under priviledged conditions. "I feel we are learning how under privileged...

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යාපනයේ අවතැන් කඳවුරු ගැන මහින්ද ඉදිරිපත් කළ තොරතුරු බොරු බව හෙළිවේ

උතුරු නැඟෙනහිර පළාත්වල තවදුරටත් අවතැන් කඳවුරු නොමැති බවත්, යුද්ධයෙන් අවතැන් වූ සියලූ පවුල් නැවත පදිංචි කොට අවසන් බවත් හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂගේ ආණ්ඩුව ප‍්‍රකාශ කොට තිබුණද යාපනයේ පමණක් තවමත් අවතැන් කඳවුරු 43ක් තිබෙන බව ජාතික ධීවර සහයෝගීතා සංවිධානය අනාවරණය කරයි. එම කඳවුරුවල වෙසෙන ඇතැම් දරු පවුල් වසර විස්සක්, විසි පහක් වැනි දීර්ඝ කාලයක් ගෙවා ඇත්තේ එම කඳවුරු තුළ බවත්...

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Round table discussion on "Ensure the land rights of IDPs and Women Headed Families in North and East"

oday (07. Sep. 2015) National Fisheries Solidarity Movement conducted a successful round table discussion on IDPs and women headed families in North and East with about 250 participants from highly war affected 5 district of North and East (Mannar, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Baticaloa and Ampara) and 6 other districts from south including Mathara, Galle Kaluthara.  With high...

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Women From War affected North and East Meets foreign Diplomats

Women representatives from 5 districts of North and East of Sri Lanka met several foreign diplomats and explained the present situation of the their lives as women who have lost their bread winners during 3 decades of war in Sri Lanka. North and East women together with women from 7 other districts have formed a women federation and working with common galls to establish...

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Women Federation conducted a press briefing to highlight issues of Women in North

A press briefing was conducted by the women federation to reveal the political, social and economical issues they are facing in North and east especially after ending of war. Representatives from Mannar, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Baticaloa and Ampara were participated to the event and revealed the present issues they facing as women who lost their breadwinners of the family....

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