The Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) is a South Asian regional think tank, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Established in 1992, it is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental organization which encourages research, dialogue, networking and deliberation on a broad range of conventional and non-conventional sources of conflict and conditions of peace.
Podcast
by Ms. Rupika Wickramasinghe
Ms. Rupika Wickramasinghe is one of the participants in the “Advocacy Meeting on SDG 05 and 08 for Women in SMEs”. She is the owner of “Nimasha Mushroom”, a mushroom cultivating and selling business. She also trains other women on starting mushroom cultivation and selling them. She speaks of her success story and how she helps other women to earn an income for 20+ years.
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tpaRrkDrqyb
Podcast
by Ms. Nimmi Jayathilake
In
this podcast, Ms. Nimmi Jayathilake discusses the five advocacy meetings, their
significance for women, and why these meetings were based on SDGs. The podcast
begins by describing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, their significance,
and the contribution of the United Nations in Sri Lanka toward realizing these
goals. Next, the podcast explains the five advocacy meetings for women in
higher education, health, governance, and small and medium enterprises, why the
advocacy meetings were held for women in the above-mentioned sectors, and their
outcomes. Further, the podcast discusses why the advocacy meetings were based
on SDGs 03, 05, 08, and 16. The link to access the podcast is mentioned below.
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pO7B8NKhbyb
Podcast
by Ms. Kanishka Kodithuwakku
Ms.
Kanishka Kodithuwakku speaks on the same aspects, i.e., SDGs, their
significance, and the five advocacy meetings in Sinhala for comprehension by
the monolingual speakers in Sinhala. The link to access the podcast is
mentioned below.
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/I5dCRIKhbyb
Podcast
by Ms. Harini Weerasinghe
The
link to access the podcast is mentioned below.