📣 New Ethics Guidelines Proposed for Media Reporting on Women & Girls

• Verité Media and Politics (via Ethics Eye platform), in partnership with the French Embassy, has submitted recommendations to Mass Media Deputy Minister Kaushalya Ariyarathne. • The proposal outlines a national media guideline for ethical and survivor-centred reporting on women and girl-children. • Justification is based on Ethics Eye’s nearly decade-long monitoring, which documented problematic Sinhala media coverage that normalises violence and reinforces harmful stereotypes. • Key immediate actions recommended: • Draft and adopt a survivor-centred national media guideline and encourage adoption by all mainstream and digital outlets. • Allocate funds in the 2026 Budget for national training and capacity building on the new guidelines. • This effort supports the Government’s mandate to reform media ethics and align with international best practices.