.: Women’s rights are human rights

NAFSO conducted an event 0n 14th March to celebrate International Women's Day was held in Vavuniya with the theme of Eliminate all the discrimination against women. About 300 women have participated in the event from several districts of the Island.

Participants were educated on CEDAW report submitted by civil society to the UN and urged the government to enact CEDAW convention in the country.

NAFSOs women wing organised the event and after meeting, participants conducted a protest against disappearances happened during and after the war in the country.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Women’s rights are human rights