Housework is work: Recognise its Value to you and to the Economy

25/11/2023

If new generation changes... many things can be changed.

21/11/2023

21/11/2023

Discussion on 'Role of Women Farmers in Upholding Food Security in Sri Lanka' with Rashmini de Silva and Chathurika Sewwandi,
Date - 30th of November
Time - 4.00 PM to 6.00 PM
Location - Social Scientists' Association Office

20/11/2023

I found this video truly inspiring and i decided to react and share it here with my community so each and everyone of us can react as well, have fun, learn a...

08/11/2023

"We started our research on unpaid care work in 2017 in six districts in Sri Lanka – Colombo, Kurunegala, Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Batticaloa and Gampaha.

In our discussions, some men felt affronted, saying, ‘Now do you want me to pay my wife?’ And we had to say, ‘We’re not talking about monetary payment, we’re talking about value.’"

- Dr. Sepali Kottegoda, the founder and Director Programmes of Women and Media Collective in Sri Lanka, spoke to UN Women about her research on unpaid care work in Sri Lanka for the first International Day of Care and Support (October 29).

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Sepali Kottegoda, the founder and Director Programmes of Women and Media Collective in Sri Lanka, spoke to UN Women about her research on unpaid care work in Sri Lanka for the first International Day of Care and Support (October 29).

13/09/2023

🟧 "සෑම ස්ත්රියකගේම පැතුම: පවුලේ සාමාජිකයන් විසින් ගෙදර දොරේ වැඩ සහ වගකීම් බෙදාගෙන කරනවා දැකීමයි"

මෙම චිත්‍රය කාන්තාව සහ මාධ්‍ය සාමූහිකය විසින් 2021 වසරේ සංවිධානය කළ සුරැකුම් වැඩ ගැනිමට හිතෙන හැටි’ ළමා චිත්‍ර තරගයේ වයස් කාණ්ඩ අවුරුදු 14-16 අතර හයවන ස්ථානය දිනාගත් රත්නපුර, ජී . සදෙව්මි හිමංසා සමරනායක දැරිය විසින් අඳින ලද චිත්‍රයයි.

#ගෙවීම්නොලබනසුරැකුම්වැඩ
#වෙනසමුලින්මනිවසින්අරඹමු
#ගැහැණුන්ටත්අත්දෙකයි
#ගෙදරවැඩබෙදාගනිමු
#ගෙදරවැඩපිරිමින්ගේත්වැඩ


🟨 "ஒவ்வொரு பெண்ணின் விருப்பம்: குடும்ப உறுப்பினர்களால் வீட்டு வேலைகள் மற்றும் பொறுப்புகளை சமமாக பகிர்ந்தேடுத்து செய்வதை காண்பதே"

இந்த சித்திரம் பெண்கள் மற்றும் ஊடகக் கூட்டமைப்பினால் 2021 ஆம் ஆண்டில் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட "பராமரிப்புப் பணி பற்றி எனக்குத் தோன்றுவது" எனும் தலைப்பிலான சிறுவர் சித்திரப் போட்டியில் 14-16 வயதுக்கு இடைப்பட்ட பிரிவில் 6 ம் இடத்திற்க்கு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட சித்திரமாகும். இரத்தினபுரி மாவட்டத்தில் சேர்ந்த எஜி. சதேவ்மி ஹிமாஞ்சா நாயக்க எனும் சிறுமி இந்த சித்திரத்தை வரைந்திருந்தார்.

#ஊதியமற்றப்பராமரிப்புப்பணி #வீட்டுவேலைகளைப்பகிர்ந்துகொள்வோம்
#பெண்களுக்கும்இரண்டுகைகளே
#மாற்றம்வீட்டிலிருந்தேஆரம்பம்
#வீட்டுவேலைஆண்களினதும்வேலைஆகும்


🟥 "EVERY WOMEN'S WISH: Am equally shared domestic chores and responsibilities by family members"

This painting was submitted by G. Sadevmi Himansa Samaranayaka from Rathnapura. This beautiful piece won 6th place in the competition in the 14-16 category of the "How I think about Unpaid Care Work" WMC Children's Art Competition in 2021.

10/09/2023

tweets about the Women and Media Collective's publication "Working Hours" on Unpaid Care Work.

Sunday pick ⚡️ A valuable addition to global studies of unpaid/care work … this from 🇱🇰! Great read, with useful data and info. Well done 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/H0EMJ8CXvR

04/08/2023

“It is very clear that the patriarchal ideas of gender roles and the notion that care work should primarily be performed by women are the basis upon which our economy and our political landscape are built and run every day” - Development practitioner and researcher Sarala Emmanuel.

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Female labour force participation (FLFP) is a topic which has unfortunately generated a lot of ‘talk’ but close to zero actionable change. For decades, Sri Lanka’s FLFP.... ..