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The Young Feminists' Network Newsletter- Issue IX 2025
Everystory Sri Lanka
December 22, 2025
Contact us: | The Young Feminist Network was established in July 2020 by Everystory Sri Lanka to bring together people interested in learning more about feminism, particularly from a Sri Lankan and South Asian perspective. This month, our newsletter is curated on the theme of Envisioning the Future. |
LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
Dear Reader,
As 2025 draws to a close, it offers an opportunity for activists and educators to take stock of progress made in securing education, health, and rights for all girls, as well as the persistent inequalities that must be overcome for girls the world over to realise their full potential.
In this issue, we envision the future of girls and women: in terms of their physical and virtual environments, the opportunities afforded to them, and others still out of reach. We explore intergenerational relationships that help bridge some of these gaps, and the alliances that can help make these imagined futures possible.
We also invite you to stand with girls and support their leadership: to share girls’ stories, advocate for change, create girl-led spaces, and lend your voice in ensuring that the needs of girls are met. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts, responses, and suggestions—on this or any other feminist issue—at [email protected] .
We wish you happy reading and hope this newsletter inspires you to create a more promising future for the girls in your life.
In solidarity,
Chathuni Uduwela
Guest Editor - 2025 Issue IX
SISTER LIBRARY
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Sister Library opened at the Public Library in Colombo marking the end of the Sister Library’s inspiring journey across Sri Lanka — from Kandy to Weligama and Jaffna — realized in partnership with Everystory Sri Lanka, with contributions from the Goethe-Institut, Alliance Française de Colombo, and the Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and funded by the Franco-German Cultural Fund.
The final stop of the Sister Library was accompanied with a series of workshops and discussions;
“Her Smile Lingers” Reading group on Dr. Malathi de Alwis’ writing led by Dr. Chulani Kodikara
Books we carry
Readings and Zine workshop with SEPL(Spoken English @ Public Library)
 Opening  Books we carry |  Storytelling workshop with SEPL (Good night stories for rebel girls book) |  Zine Workshop |
FINANCIAL LITERACY
WORKSHOP
A workshop on financial literacy was held on the 23rd of November 2025 for the Everystory team and Young Feminist Network members, facilitated by Nazia Faiz. Nazia addressed anxiety we might have with money and gave us strategies to work around it. Participants explored how they can shift limiting beliefs and overcome barriers surrounding money.
THIS MONTH
WE’RE READING
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
This novel by Muriel Barbery follows Renée, the concierge of an apartment building in Paris, and Paloma, a pre-teen resident of the same building, who find kinship in one another with the help of Ozu, a new resident who sees through the masks they wear. Featuring characters who take pains to hide their intellect in order to fit in the world, The Elegance of the Hedgehog uses an unlikely intergenerational friendship to transform the way in which each character sees herself and the world. For one of the characters, this makes all the difference between life and death.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog was translated from the original French by Alison Anderson.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
THIS MONTH
WE’RE WATCHING
Rule Breakers
Rule Breakers narrates the true story of how Roya Mahboob taught Afghani girls computing and formed the country's first girls robotics team.
The 2025 film follows the team as they navigate repeated setbacks in their quest to compete, and speaks to the transformative power of equal educational opportunities for women and girls the world over.
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