Activities: Independent, non-governmental, feminist organization registered with the Department of Social Service. Library: The Library and Resource Centre at WERC had nearly 6,800 books at the end of 2013. The collection is mainly in English with a valuable selection of Tamil and Sinhala publications. Newspaper clippings on violence against women, suicide, issues related to Human Rights, Women’s Rights, Trafficking and Migrant workers etc are available. Classified information on different issues related to Gender, Feminism, Women and Development and Human Rights are collected in dockets for easy reference and Journals and Periodicals are available with their content pages. There is also a Special Collection on Women’s Writings in Sri Lanka. Library membership is available for a small fee.