HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION OF SRI LANKA - Annual report 2020 5.3. Engagement with the media As part of its outreach efforts, the Commission engaged with the media to keep the public informed of critical issues, as well as on the activities of the Commission. The Commission employs traditional print and electronic media well as online platforms for promotional activities. 5.3.1 Engagement with traditional print and electronic media The Commissioners and staff of the Commission took part in a series of electronic media programmes to mark the International Women’s Day in 2020. Accordingly, the chairperson was invited for a talk on technologybased violence against women on the Lake House digital YouTube channel on 05 March 2020. Commissioner Ambika Satkunanathan was invited for a radio talk on the SLBC Morning Show on 04 March 2020 and another talk on the Udayan Television Morning Show on 06 March 2020 while Director (acting) E&SP attended the Jeevithayata Ida Denna programme on Sirasa TV on 04 March 2020 on the same theme of technology-based violence against women. Further, Director (acting) E&SP was invited to a discussion on the Sirasa TV Aharenna Programme on issues of access to services including education faced by the people of Dothaluoya in Aranayake on 21 February 2020. The chairperson’s statement on the position of the HRCSL in relation to the cremation of Muslim victims of covid-19 in response to a query from The Island was published in The Island newspaper on 7 April 2020. 5.3.2 Use of online platforms All policy recommendations, interventions, and advocacy statements as well as the directives of the Commission are uploaded on the Commission’s website and made publicly accessible. In appropriate cases, this information is also shared electronically with Civil Society Organizations, Members of the thematic sub-committees of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, Diplomatic Missions in Sri Lanka, International Human Rights 78