National YWCA of Sri Lanka

14/08/2026

🌸 Breaking the Silence, Together 💜

On 14 August 2026, the Moratuwa YWCA, in collaboration with the National YWCA of Sri Lanka, conducted a meaningful Safe Circles & Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Programme at the Moratuwa YWCA Hall.

The session focused on menstrual health and hygiene, creating a safe, supportive, and open space for 25 young girls aged 13-16 to learn, share, ask questions, and speak openly about what matters to them.

Coordinated with the Moratuwa Divisional Secretariat Office, with resource person support from the National YWCA of Sri Lanka, the programme sparked honest conversations, strengthened confidence, and helped break the silence around menstrual health.

When girls are informed, empowered, and heard, entire communities become stronger 💜

05/08/2026

When young women come together, ideas turn into action ✨

The RiseUp! Sri Lanka Advocacy Programme brought together eight young women leaders from the Western, Central, and Eastern Provinces for two days of learning, dialogue, and advocacy on SRHR in climate and disaster contexts.

From exploring the challenges faced by young women during crises to shaping advocacy messages and planning community-level actions, young women leaders strengthened their knowledge, confidence, and leadership to advocate for change.

Together, we continue building a future where young women are heard, included, and empowered to lead 💜

World YWCA

16/07/2026

🟣 Stop Public Transport Violence Against Women 🚌✋

Every woman has the right to travel safely, with dignity and without fear.

Harassment in buses, trains, and other public spaces is never acceptable. Creating safe public transport is a shared responsibility. Let's speak up, support survivors, and promote a culture of respect where women and girls can travel freely and confidently.

If you experience or witness violence or harassment, seek support.

📞 Police Children and Women's Bureau: 109
📞 Women's Helpline: 1938

Together, we can make every journey safer.

09/07/2026

Violence against women and girls remains a global human rights crisis, and Sri Lanka is no exception. Harassment and violence in public spaces, including public transportation, continue to affect women’s safety, freedom, and dignity.

Through , we stand in solidarity with survivors, challenge harmful norms, and call for safer spaces where every woman and girl can move freely without fear.

🖤 Wear Black, Stand in Solidarity, End Violence

02/07/2026

02/07/2026

Stand in solidarity to end violence against women and girls. Every Thursday in Black is a reminder of resistance, resilience, and hope for a world free from fear and violence. 💜🖤

25/06/2026

Violence against women and girls remains one of the most widespread human rights violations globally. Many women experience physical and/or sexual violence, often at the hands of an intimate partner a reality that must be urgently addressed and ended.

Through Campaign we stand in solidarity with survivors, challenge silence, and commit to building societies where every woman and girl can live free from fear, violence, and discrimination.

Let us raise our voices, transform harmful norms, and work together for dignity, safety, and peace for all.

🖤 Wear Black
🖤 Stand in Solidarity
🖤 End Violence.

19/06/2026

"Sexual violence in conflict is not an inevitable consequence of war. It is a grave violation of human rights and human dignity." - United Nations

On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, we stand in solidarity with survivors and reaffirm our commitment to justice, accountability, healing, and lasting peace.

Conflict-related sexual violence continues to impact women, girls, men, and boys across the world. Today, we raise our voices to break the silence, challenge impunity, and support survivor-centered responses that uphold dignity and human rights for all.

Together, we can build a world free from violence, fear, and oppression.

🕊️ Stand with survivors.
🧡 Speak out against sexual violence in conflict.
✊ Demand justice and accountability.

18/06/2026

Thursdays in Black is a global call to resist, remember, and refuse all forms of violence against women and girls.

Sexual violence in conflict is not a side effect of war - it is a weapon. We stand in solidarity with survivors and all those who continue to resist violence, injustice, and silence.

Every Thursday, and every day, we choose dignity, safety, and a world free from violence against women and girls.

11/06/2026

🖤 Every Thursday, we choose to speak when the world tells her to stay silent.

Across Sri Lanka, thousands of women and girls face violence - in their homes, their communities, and sometimes even in the spaces that are meant to protect them. Yet so many suffer in silence, because silence has been normalized. Because speaking up feels dangerous. Because too often, no one believes her.

Her silence is not consent.
Her strength is not an invitation.
Her pain is not something to be ignored.

At YWCA Sri Lanka, we believe that ending gender-based violence begins with each one of us- in the way we listen, the way we respond, and the way we stand beside those who are hurting. It begins when communities choose to say: not here, not ever.

💜 If you know a woman who is suffering, be the person who believes her. Be the person who speaks up. Be the person who refuses to look away.

Together, we can build a world where every woman lives with safety, dignity, and freedom - not as a privilege, but as a right.