Through this project, WERC endeavored to use a unique mode to educate and sensitize young civil society activists and community workers on gender equality and peace - through a medium of entertainment. The approach stimulated an environment in which all…

Looking at the history from women's perspective is one of the major themes of this endeavour. In the case of Sri Lanka, it is relevant to say that the histories of many women's movements have not been properly recorded within…

As a step towards sensitizing and strengthening the capacities of the local authorities which work closely with the local communities, WERC  initiated this project in the Nuwara Eliya district with the support of Women Defining Peace (WDP) in February 2009.…

WERC conducted a one-day workshop on Training Women in Creative Writing on December, 05th 2008 with the aim of lobbying with journalists advocating for effective and neutral reporting in the media. The main objective of this workshop was to provide…

WERC launched this project with the sponsorship of the Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust ti discuss and critique movies with alternative themes and attempt to educate and sensitive university students, human rights activists and the younger generation. It was intended to encourage…

WERC’s first effort in training women in trishaw driving was realized in collaboration with the Kantha Shakthi Organisation in Balangoda, in 2007. The second phase of the project inaugurated in Jaffna in June 2010. WERC started the project with the…