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The first Celebrating Womanhood Regional Awards encapsulating the 7 SAARC countries concluded successfully on October 20, 2008. The awards were presented on the same night as the Celebrating Womanhood Navadevi Awards.
Celebrating Womanhood is based on recognizing the strengths of women and celebrating their achievements. The Regional Awards aimed to encourage sharing and learning [...]
AIDS was a mere speck on the horizon when the World AIDS Day was first observed in Sri Lanka in 1990. At the time there was a sense of complacency about AIDS in Sri Lanka. Though other South Asian countries were feeling the urgency of the scourge, Sri Lanka seemed to be happily immune.
However, [...]
Motivated by the issue Rooting Development in the Community, Uniterra volunteers from Guatemala, Botswana, Vietnam and Sri Lanka participated in the Annual National Conference of The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), held in Vancouver this past March 15-18.
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network Community economic development and North-South dialogue. Practitioners [...]
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"The award I accept today belongs not so much to me as to my colleagues who steadfastly help multitudes of women find a better life – one free of fear and violence." These were Pearl Stephen’s words when she was honoured with the ZONTA award for two decades of tireless work to help women in [...]