Gender Based Violence Archives

October 19, 2022

By Chamathka Ratnayake The use of social media is proliferating at an unthinkable speed in an age where young people actively choose to learn and connect virtually over connecting physically. With the world now at their finger-tips, young people now choose to consume a variety of information through social media, so much […]

August 24, 2021

The Foundation for Innovative Social Development (FISD) in collaboration with the British Council, spearheaded the ‘Future without Violence’ project, with the aim of addressing harmful gender norms that lead towards Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and cyber sexual violence perpetrated against women and girls. This initiative is a follow up to […]

January 5, 2021

For the fifth successive year, JKF conducted a public campaign to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women falling on 25th November. The campaign was conducted under the theme “Break the silence to end the violence!” with the overall objective of raising public awareness and response to gender-based violence as […]

The proliferation of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) online and self-regulation of social media platforms.

The British Council together with FISD responds to Gender-Based Violence through the Future without Violence Project

John Keells conducts ‘Break the Silence to End the Violence’ Campaign against Gender Based Violence