Events
40% Reservation for Plantation Women Candidates.
Advocacy campaign for the allocation of 40% plantation women candidates for the upcoming Local Government Election- 2011. The campaign letter was addressed to all the political parties of Sri Lanka.
Sinhala leaflet Tamil leaflet
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Poster Campaign: Inclusion of Plantation Settlements under Local Government Authorities
Sinhala / Tamil / Leaflet
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National workshop on ILO Blue report on decent work for domestic workers and rights of the unorganized sector workers - 2011
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International Women's Day 2011
“Ensure equality for women in all decision making fora”.
2011- International Women's Day celebration was organized by Women’s wing of ISD and PSSF, TU and CBO leaders. A large number of people participated from Nuwara-Eliya, Hatton, Bogawanthalawa, Udapalatha and Kandy areas.
As ISD is working on promoting female representation in LG and decision making fora, 2011 IWD was a great occasion to highlight the need to receive proper attention to this issue. At the end of the meeting, a grand procession paraded displaying banners on 2011 IWD’s theme.
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Electoral Changes and Delimitations of Local Authority Boundaries 2010
Proposal Submitted by Plantation Civil Society
Sri Lankan government called proposals from public on delimitation of local government authorities and electoral changes. ISD, realizing the importance of this exercise and the imperativeness of inclusion plantation settlements under local government authorities and the electoral representation, held a discussion inviting Civil Society Organization, Political Parties, academics and intellectuals, with the objective of submitting a common proposal to the delimitation committee on behalf of the plantation community. The discussion was held on May 12, 2010 at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. At the end of the workshop, a proposal was compiled and it was submitted to the Delimitation Committee to increase the Divisional Secretariats and Grama Sewa Vasam. (Village units).
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Discussion and Press Conference on the Inclusion of the Plantation Settlements under Local Government Authorities - 16 March 2010
"...ISD had enlightened the plantation community leaders and policy makers from time to time, but no one seemed interested or realized the obstacle, until the Udapalatha Pradeshiya Saba was dissolved in August 2008 citing..."
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Voice of Plantation Working Women Towards the Collective Agreement-
ISD closely interacts with the trade unions, organizing discussions and seminars to enhance on a Collective Agreement (CA) and on the clauses to be embodied in such a Collective Agreement.
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