{"id":437,"date":"2025-06-03T04:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T04:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-10-23T06:53:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:53:46","slug":"inauguration-of-the-centre-for-women-thinkers-and-scientists-voice-of-ceylonese-women-vcw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/2025\/06\/03\/inauguration-of-the-centre-for-women-thinkers-and-scientists-voice-of-ceylonese-women-vcw\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of the Centre for Women Thinkers and Scientists (Voice of Ceylonese Women \u2013 VCW)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a proud and historic occasion as we gathered for the inauguration of the Centre for Women Thinkers and Scientists (Voice of Ceylonese Women \u2013 VCW) on 8th May 2025 at Sri Wimaladamma Mansion, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center was ceremonially opened by Prof. Sirantha Heenkenda, Dean of FHSS, with Prof. Asha Nimali Fernando as Chair, and Dr. Kaushalya Hewawasam as Secretary. The event was graced by the presence of Mr. Aruna Walpola, Head of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, Prof. Sanjeevi Maithrirathna, Dr. Ven. Meththananda, and other esteemed faculty members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are pleased to share a collection of photographs capturing the joy, inspiration, and significance of this milestone event \u2014 a meaningful step in celebrating and promoting the intellectual and cultural legacy of Ceylonese women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/8ghrZp4L\/IMG-20250701-WA0000.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/4nj8HzBq\/IMG-20250701-WA0001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/x8R42ZYn\/IMG-20250701-WA0002.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/cS6Brwtf\/IMG-20250701-WA0003.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/dsFjMfYt\/IMG-20250701-WA0004.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/0jrQY12k\/IMG-20250701-WA0005.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/8WMVwvJ\/IMG-20250701-WA0006.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a proud and historic occasion as we gathered for the inauguration of the Centre for Women Thinkers and Scientists (Voice of Ceylonese Women \u2013 VCW) on 8th May 2025 at Sri Wimaladamma Mansion, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The center was ceremonially opened by Prof. Sirantha Heenkenda, Dean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/women-ceylon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}