Gender Awareness Workshops at KDU 2022

The KDU Centre for Gender Equity and Equality conducted a number of workshops to increase awareness of gender equity and equality among KDU community. With the support of faculty representatives of CGEE, separate workshops were conducted at seven faculties from 06/09/2022 to 22/09/2022.

The main objective of these workshops was to enhance the knowledge of the participants on the concept of gender equity and equality and improve their skills to ensure gender equity of various situation and help achieve gender equality. Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence (TFSV), Gender Discrimination in Sri Lankan Society: Cultural Perspective, Gender in International Relationships were some of the areas covered in these workshops.

More than 90 participants participated for each workshop and participants had the opportunity to ask questions, get clarifications and discuss their opinions about the presentations. Resource persons were outsourced from various universities and government institutions.

Successfully Completed Gender Awareness Workshops at KDU Faculties as Follows

S/N	Held on date	Faculty	Topic	Resource Person
1.	06/09/2022	FMSH	Understanding Gender Equality and Equity	Ms.Krishanthi Anandawansa Senior Lecturer Dep of Languages FMSH, KDU
2.	08/09/2022	FBESS	Gender Equity and Equality	Dr.Suranjith Gunasekara, Head of the Department Dep of sociology University of Ruhuna
3.	09/09/2022	FOCJ	Gender Discrimination in Sri Lankan Society: Cultural Perspective	Dr. Anusha Edirisinghe Director – Centre for Gender Studies University of Kelaniya Vice President Asia Crime Prevention Foundation (Sri Lanka Chapter)
4.	14/09/2022	FOE	Gender Equity and Equality	Ms.Isha Mirinda Wedasinghe (Vising Lecturer at KDU) Consulatant, Facilitator, Trainer and Evaluator Director of Agromart Outreach Foundation (Sri Lanka)
5.	19/08/2022	FDSS	Gender in International Relationships	Ms.Sharanya Sekaram Gender and Women’s Rights Consultant
6.	21/09/2022	FOC	Women Discover Their Role in IT and Networking	Ms.Kalhari Kaluarachchi Program Manager South Asia Cisco Networking Academy/Cisco System
7.	22/09/2022	FAHS	Technology Facilitated Sexual Violence (TFSV)	Prof. Kaitlynn Mendes, Department of Sociology University of Western Ontario, Canada.