HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA - Annual report 2020 the Commission conducted radio programmes on the same theme in parallel to the national programme to mark the Day.  International Women’s Day 2020 A public event themed ‘countering technology based Violence Against Women’ was organized by the Commission on 06 March 2020 at the National Disaster Management Center to commemorate International Women’s Day. Justice Shirani Thilakawardena, retired judge of the Supreme Court was the chief guest while Ms. Jaomi Lokuliana, Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Digital Women's Chamber of Commerce was the Guest of Honor. The audience consisted of OICs of all police stations in Chief guest Justice Shirani Thilakawardena addressing the Western Province, officers of the police Children the audience and Women's Bureau, government officials, civil society representatives, school teachers, representatives of UN agencies, youth, and subcommittee members (See 4.1 above for more information on Thematic sub-committees). Mr. Hans Bilimoria of the Grassrooted Trust; SSP Darshika Kumari, Director, Cyber Crimes Division of the CID; Mr. Wijesena Withana, Advisor to the Law Enforcement Division of the NCPA; and Ms. Manoli Wijetunga, Co-Editor, Groundviews provided resource expertise while the Mind Adventure theatre company performed a dramatized version of their forum show Consent & Complicity for the audience at the invitation of the Commission. The event was aimed at educating the public and relevant officials on the concepts and incidence of technologybased violence against women, how to Participants actively contributing to prevent and combat such violence, available the discussion support for survivors, and responsible institutions. Attention was drawn to the issues of lack of awareness and education of technology-based violence against women among government officials as well as the general public and the existing lacuna in the legal system to address these issues. 74