Guest Post : Personal battles against domestic violence
By Aiswarya Jay A façade is maintained Every moment, of every day With a nod, a wave, Some L’Oreal foundation To hide bruised wrists. Because you’re worth it! No. The truth is cold- You’re not worth much. The day passes quickly The routine is comforting And you savor it- you relish it. But the day … Read more
Guest Post : Not My Father’s Son
Contribution by Gehan who blogs at http://darksidedaily.blogspot.com and tweets at http://twitter.com/gehan99 Original post can be found at http://darksidedaily.blogspot.com/2011/12/16days-not-my-fathers-son.html?spref=tw The moon is shockingly bright that night, adding an aura of surrealism to the scene. The soft bluish hue washes over the river banks, as a light breeze dances among the long blades of grass that grew there. He is tall, … Read more
Guest Post : Why is it OK?
By Neluka Liyanage Domestic abuse was never something that was on my radar. Sure I knew that travelling on public transport in Sri Lanka made you fair game. Sure it was an obstacle course when trying to pass a group of boys. Sure there was the fear of rape or being mugged when walking down … Read more
Guest Post : A Vision for the Future
By Thushara Dassanayake-Karunadhara From common experience we know that there are very few Sri Lankan women who have not experienced some form of gender based abuse. Whether it is in our own homes, on the bus, on the street or at work, we have all experienced men abusing women and girls – our mothers … Read more
Guest Post : විවාහය යනු ලිංගික හිංසනයට නීත්යනුකූල බලපත්රයක් ද?
චන්දිමා ජයසේන කථිකාචාර්ය, සමාජීය විද්යා අධ්යන්යාංශය, සමාජීය විද්යා හා භාෂා පීඨය, සබරගමුව විශ්වවිද්යාලය. ජීවිතේ කියන්නේ හරීම සුන්දරයි. විවාහය කියන්නේ ඊටත් වඩා සුන්දරයි. දෙන්නෙක් වසර ගණනක් ආදරය කරලා විවාහ වුණාම හැමෝම හිතන්නේත්වත්ව ඒ දෙන්නා නම් හරීම අවබෝධයෙන් ඉන්නේග දෙන්නාට දෙන්නා හොදට ගැළපෙනවා. හැබැයි මේ විවාහය බාහිරට නොපෙනන ගොඩාක් දේවල් ඇතුළේ හැංගිලා තියනවා කිව්වොත් බොරු නොවෙයි. ගැහැණු … Read more
16 facts on violence against women (Source : WHO)
Fact 1 Up to 70% of women experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner at some point in their lives. The WHO multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women indicated that intimate partner violence is widespread across many societies. The study showed that rates of physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate … Read more
16 Day campaign featured in The Colombo Spirit
http://www.spirit.lk/?t=fs&nid=20111205115744619 “Women and Media Collective campaign has been very successful in targeting the online Sri Lankan community and has created much enthusiasm regarding the subject matter. The strong and moving contributions to the campaign have opened up an entirely new route in creating awareness of the problem of Gender Based Violence which in itself is … Read more
Guest Post : The Illusionist
Thushanthi de Silva contributes to the 16 Day campaign. Thushanthi is a (late) twenty something who doesn’t like labels. She has been writing since she was a child, but mostly for her own pleasure. Appreciation from others is just a bonus. Some of her poetry can be seen here Her name was Maya. She was a … Read more
Video : Reach Out says “Man Up! Join the fight against harassment”
This is a video clip put together by Reach Out And Beyond Borders based on the recently concluded “Man Up! – Join the fight against harassment” campaign.
Guest Post : Women Are People Too
PP’s contribution to the 16 Days Campaign. She blogs at http://no-to-polsambol.blogspot.com Original post at http://no-to-polsambol.blogspot.com/2011/12/16days-women-are-people-too.html Growing up in Sri Lanka means you get used to the cat calls, the whistles, the insults, the occasional grope in the bus. You tend to also brush them off because almost everyone else seem to do so. Because “boys will … Read more
