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Guest Post : what do you think GBV means?
By T who blogs at http://dance-triangle.blogspot.com Original post at http://dance-triangle.blogspot.com/2011/12/for-16days-campaign-what-do-you-think.html The 16 days of activism campaign got me thinking and trying to define Gender Based Violence to myself. Violence based on, or because of your gender didn’t seem to quite cut it. Violence denotes aggression and aggressive behaviour, physical force, injuries, blood; but so often violence, and … Read more
Guest Post : He hit her with a jam jar
By Sarah Kellapatha who blogs at http://turquoisecupcakes.wordpress.com/ I remember when I was about ten years old and living in Dhaka, a Sri Lankan family moved there. They had two daughters and we would often get together for play dates with children of other family friends. The family seemed normal, the wife was meek but we didn’t … Read more
Guest Post : She loves you. Yeah yeah yeah.
By Renuka Mendis (Satchithananthan) I remember the Beatles song “She Loves You” so well. It was the Carnival at Good Shepherd Convent (“GSC”) and I must have been twelve. The “it” girls had a girl band in those mod mini skirts, huge wide belts and of course the obligatory rubber boots. The Carnival was an … Read more
Guest Post : Do we need numbers?
By the Centre for Poverty Analysis (http://www.cepa.lk/) You can follow CEPA on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Centre-for-Poverty-Analysis/167570466633589 and on twitter at https://twitter.com/cepaSL Gender-based violence is a violation of human rights, and yet is a well known and frequently occurring problem in Sri Lanka. While GBV is considered almost synonymous with domestic violence, community, workplace, school, places of worship and public … Read more
Guest Post : From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!
Text and Photos by DushiYanthini Kanagasabapathipillai who blogs at http://www.passionparade.blogspot.com and is the first Sri Lankan woman blogger to be selected and awarded scholarship for the BlogHer conference in New York. Original post at http://www.passionparade.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-peace-in-home-to-peace-in-world.html “Men of Quality are NOT afraid of Equality” ~SANGAT, Indian Feminist Organisation (1998 ~ ) An international campaign of Activism Against Gender Violence is currently … Read more
Guest Post : Sacrificial Other
By Thushara Dassanayake – Karunadhara Father, have you ever felt mute? Like the mute man whose dreams go unvoiced. Like the daughter whose tears leave no trace on your ground. Like the wife whose anguished pleas makes no sound. Husband, have you ever felt afraid? Of the one who holds your beating heart. Because … Read more
Guest Post : Up up and away
Anonymous Here I am after years of feeling like nothing. Finally I feel like I’m free and the world is at my finger tips. It’s nice to feel like I’m something more than nothing, actually a lot more than nothing. For years I thought everything he told me was true, that I really was stupid … Read more
