8th March 2007
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day 2007 was celebrated by over 1,000 women from 40 women’s organizations belonging to the network Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy.

The women who attended were from Moneragala, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Hatton, Puttalam, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura, Mahiyanganaya, Wilpotha, Rajanganay, Welikanda, Singhapura, Hambantota, Galle, Buttala, Badulla, Matara, Ratnapura, Negombo, Kalutara, Colombo, Moratuwa, Ja-Ela, Katunayake, Ekala, Kandana, Nuwara Eliya, Nittambuwa and Kantale.

The picket and march was held outside the Fort Railway Station on the theme “Let’s Protect our Right to Life and Peace” from 1pm – 3pm and was followed by a Street Play performed by the Praja Diriya Padanama, a women’s organization based in Puttalam.

21st September 2006
Women’s Peace Vigil for International Peace Day
To mark International Peace Day, a Women’s Peace Vigil was held on 21st September 2006 at Lipton Circus, Colombo, from 1.00pm to 2.30pm. Women gathered from many parts of the island, including Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Puttlum, Kurunegala, Balangoda, Galewela, Galle, Buttala, Badulla, Hatton, Mahiyanganaya, Jaela and Colombo. The peace vigil was to commemorate International Peace Day and to convey to the government, the LTTE and the international community our commitment to peace in Sri Lanka, and to request that peace talks resume urgently. The vigil ended by releasing colourful balloons with messages of peace attached, and the group marched around Vihara Maha Devi Park with peace banners.

16th June 2006
Media Statement- Women Condemn the Attack on Civilians at Kebithigollewa
The Sri Lankan Women for Peace and Democracy issued a Media Statement to all media institutions condemning the claymore attack allegedly by the LTTE on a passenger bus at Kebethigollewa on the 15th of June 2006.

Although it was sent to all media institutions, it was actually published only in the Daily Mirror on Saturday 24th June 2006 and in the Island on 25th June 2006.
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20th February 2006
Katunayake Peace Vigil
The Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy held a peace vigil on 20th February 2006 at 1.30 am on the Negombo Road at the turn off to the Katunayake Airport. Through this demonstration we hoped to convey our fervent desire for peace in Sri Lanka, to the Government and LTTE delegations that were leaving to Geneva for the Peace Talks, early morning on 20th February. More than 200 women took part from various organizations for this vigil.

10th February 2006
Memorandum to the President and LTTE
On 10th February 2006, the Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy submitted a Memorandum to H.E. Mahinda Rajapakse, President of Sri Lanka and to Mr. V. Prabhakaran, Leader of the LTTE, calling for “A Secure Ceasefire and the Resumption of Peace Talks.” A copy of this Memorandum was also sent to the Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and to the LTTE’s Political Wing Leader S.P. Thamilselvan as well as to all media institutions.
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1st – 28th February 2006
Daily Peace Vigil at Lipton Circus
On 1st February 2006, the Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy commenced a daily peace vigil (Monday to Friday) at the Lipton Circus Roundabout (by the Fountain), between 12.30 pm and 1.00 pm. Every weekday, about 10-12 women from a number of Colombo based civil society organizations as well as a number of women from the business community gathered at the Lipton Fountain on the theme “Life not Death; Peace not War.” This vigil continued till the 28th of February 2006 in commemoration of the Ceasefire Agreement signed in February 2002.

23rd January 2006
Peace Vigil to coincide with Norwegian Facilitator's visit to Jaffna
On 23rd January 2006, the Sri Lanka Women for Peace and Democracy (SLWPD) decided to hold its second peace vigil at the Vavuniya Town, to coincide with Norwegian Facilitator Erik Solheim’s visit to Jaffna. However, due to security reasons which came up as a result of a major attack at Adampan on Saturday 21st January, we were compelled to hold the Peace Vigil at Lipton Circus once again. More than 300 women from different districts, including Kurunegala, Puttalam, Kandy, Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura gathered at the Viharamaha Devi Park and marched towards Lipton Circus, in a silent appeal to both the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE to resume negotiations and strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement. The SLWPD then proceeded towards the Norwegian Embassy and handed over a petition to Mr. Solheim, urging an end to the escalating violence and a return to peace.

20th December 2005
Peace Campaign - "Life not Death; Peace Not War"
In December 2005, the Sri Lankan Women for Peace and Democracy (SLWPD), a group of women’s organizations facilitate by the Women and Media Collective launched a peace campaign on the theme “Life not Death; Peace not War,” demanding that the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE resume negotiations and call for an end to the escalating violence and the disruption of the Ceasefire Agreement. Since then the peace campaign has continued every month, with women from various districts gathering together at Lipton Circus in Colombo, calling in one voice and one demand, for an end to the violence, an end to the killings, an end to the war and a return to peace