HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA, Annual Report 2018 A unique feature of this program was that most presentations were made and cultural events conceptualized and performed by youth who had earlier in the year participated in the Youth Camp on Human Rights and also by school children who had taken part in an all-island human rights quiz program. The Commission was encouraged by the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army gracing the occasion, marking the first time a commander of the tri-forces attending such an event. While all Regional Offices too organized commemorative programmes for the International Human Rights Day, a trilingual poster and pamphlets were designed in commemoration of the UDHR, and distributed among the Regional Offices and the general public. ▪ International Women’s Day 2018 The Commission celebrated the International Women’s Day, 2018 on 8 th March 2018 at the Bandaranaike Centre for International studies. This programme was organized as an extension of the series of round-table discussions held in 2017 at the HRCSL Head Office in Colombo and 10 Regional Offices on the challenges and obstacles encountered by women in the informal economic sector. A pioneering report titled “Empowerment of Women in the Informal Economic Sector: A Human Rights Agenda” containing the outcome of the series of discussions held in 2017 was launched at the event attended by women The Report titled “Empowerment of working in the informal economic sector, government Women in the Informal officials, civil society representatives, academics and Economic Sector: A Human Rights Agenda” economists. The Report contained HRCSL’s recommendations to the public authorities to ensure future empowerment of women in the informal economic sector. 74