Center for Gender Equality (CGE)

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Center for Gender Equality (CGE) at the ÀÖ͸Ìà is dedicated to promote harmony, cooperation, and mutual respect between men and women in the university; academic and non-academic staff and the students. Established under the directives of the University of Grants Commission (UGC) and the preview of the UGC Standing Committee on Gender Equity/Equality in Higher Education, the ÀÖ͸Ìà CGE engages in ensuring that a conducive, gender-just working and learning environment exist for all members of the University.

Within the broader concept of ensuring gender equity and equality at the ÀÖ͸ÌÃ, the CGE will

  1. Create awareness among the University Community on gender-related concepts and matters
  2. Identify ways and means to prevent gender inequality, inequity, and gender-based violence at the ÀÖ͸ÌÃ
  3. Empower the university community to prevent and respond to gender inequality, inequity, and gender-based violence
  4. Maintain a resource base on gender and sexual and gender-based violence
  5. Monitor and make suggestions to improve gender equality, equity and create a safe environment devoid of gender-based violence in the university
  6. Receive complaints and assisting the university in solving complaints related to gender inequality, inequity, and gender-based violence

These activities will be carried out through a Steering committee consisting of members representing all the faculties, campuses and institutes of the ÀÖ͸ÌÃ.

Application to enroll as a volunteer to the Centre for Gender Equality

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FACULTY NAME EMAIL
Faculty of Arts janakij@history.cmb.ac.lk
jagathp@soc.cmb.ac.lk
pavithraj@inr.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Education chandrajith@dste.cmb.ac.lk
tiromindiga@sse.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Graduate Studies Dr Pradeep Weerasinghe pradeep@fgs.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Management & Finance rajishtha@dbe.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Medicine probhodana@obg.cmb.ac.lk
chathuri@micro.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Nursing kiso@dcn.cmb.ac.lk
achala@dss.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Science deepthi@zoology.cmb.ac.lk
neranga@chem.cmb.ac.lk
Faculty of Technology jayani@at.cmb.ac.lk
mutugalau@iat.cmb.ac.lk
Sri Palee Campus nirosha@spc.cmb.ac.lk
nuwan@spc.cmb.ac.lk
ÀÖ͸Ìà School of Computing (UCSC) lnc@ucsc.cmb.ac.lk
rpn@ucsc.cmb.ac.lk
Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IBMBB) nimal@ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk
sudeshi@ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk
National Institute of Library & Information Sciences (NILIS) Ms Sajeewani Wedisinghe sajeewani@nilis.cmb.ac.lk

The ÀÖ͸Ìà Policy against Sexual harassment and Procedural steps for enforcement under section 3.1 requires that a committee of 10 members be appointed as a committee of inquiry on sexual harassment (CISH) by the Council of the ÀÖ͸ÌÃ. CISH will serve as a pool of inquiring officers from which members (generally 3) can be selected as and when a complaint is received.

Accordingly, the following individuals are appointed as members of the CISH.

  1. Dr Ramani Jayasundara – External member
  2. Dr Wijaya Jayathilake – External member
  3. Former professor Ramani Jayathilaka – External member
  4. Professor – Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine
  5. Professor – Professor. Department of English, Faculty of Arts
  6. Mr H.A. Menaka Harankaha – Senior Lecturer – Department of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law
  7. Professor – Professor, Department of HRM, Faculty of Management and Finance
  8. Dr – Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
  9. Mr – Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law
  10. Professor – Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts

CENTRE FOR POLICY ALTERNATIVES

Legal Reform to Combat Sexual and Gender-Based Violence | Vitriolage (Acid Attacks)

SESSION ON GENDER EQUALITY

SRI LANKA'S WONDER WOMEN

LOCATION

ADDRESS

Center for Gender Equality (CGE),
2nd floor, Administration Building,
College House,
ÀÖ͸ÌÃ, 94,
kumaranathunga Munidasa Mawatha,
Colombo 03.