Centre for Equality and Justice

What Centre for Equality and Justice does

The Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ) is a Sri Lankan feminist, rights-based non-profit organization established in 2017 as a company limited by guarantee and headquartered at 37/2 Elibank Road, Colombo. It operates across four interconnected programmatic focus areas: Violence Against Women and Women's Rights; Access to Justice, Governance and Human Rights; Peace and Post-Conflict Transition; and Economic Empowerment and Development. CEJ serves women across Sri Lanka's Sinhala, Tamil, and Muslim communities — with particular focus on women affected by conflict, economic insecurity, and structural discrimination — alongside youth, war-affected women peacebuilders, urban poor women, and government/state institutions that receive capacity-building support.

CEJ's operational model is fundamentally community-led: it combines research, advocacy, policy engagement, and community capacity building through grassroots partnerships, women-led groups, community dialogues, and inter-community spaces. Core programmatic outputs include multilingual research publications in English, Sinhala, and Tamil (e.g., 'Shrouded In Secrecy', 'Asking for My Soul', 'Transforming Lives'), and structured training modules for government bodies (CIABOC, Office for Reparations) and corporate clients (John Keells, NDB). The organization's most differentiated technology asset is the TFSGBV Digital Repository — a curated database of 260 resources on technology-facilitated sexual and gender-based violence, recently augmented with a 'Repository Chat' conversational search interface — alongside an audio-visual archive, a newsletter, and mass-media outputs including Sinhala, Tamil, and English TV and radio commercials on sexual bribery.

CEJ is funded through donations, grants from international donors, and bilateral partner support (UN Women, Canadian High Commission). It operates as a private non-profit without shareholders, governed by a board, with Executive Director Shyamala Gomez leading operations. There is no publicly disclosed revenue, funding total, or commercial pricing model; all publications and digital resources are distributed free of charge. The organization does not offer a commercial technology product, public API, or unified software platform, and there is no record of subsidiaries, M&A, or institutional investment.

Name

Centre for Equality and Justice

Legal name

Centre for Equality and Justice

Website

https://cejsrilanka.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre for Equality and Justice is a Sri Lankan feminist non-profit organization, founded in 2017 and based in Colombo, that advances gender justice through research, advocacy, community partnership, and capacity building across four focus areas spanning violence against women, access to justice, post-conflict transition, and economic empowerment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Non-profit Gender Justice Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Protection, Child Protection & Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Response (BPAGAAAG), Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid) (BPADADAH)

Keywords

• Gender justice advocacy
• Women's rights nonprofit
• Transitional justice
• Community capacity building
• Gender-based violence research

Headquarters

HQ city

Colombo

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: CEJ operates as a nonprofit organization funded through donations and grants. The organization accepts donations through its website and appears to receive funding from international donors and partner organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ) is a feminist, rights-based non-profit organisation that advances gender justice across Sri Lanka through four interconnected programmatic areas: Violence Against Women, Access to Justice and Governance, Peace and Post-Conflict Transition, and Economic Empowerment. It delivers survivor-centred and intersectional work via research, advocacy, policy engagement, capacity-building workshops for government and corporate institutions, a multilingual TFSGBV Digital Repository, and grassroots community partnership with women and youth networks.

Product overview

Centre for Equality and Justice operates as a feminist, rights-based non-profit organization rather than a commercial technology product company. Its core offerings consist of advocacy programs across four focus areas (Violence against Women, Access to Justice, Peace & Post-Conflict Transition, Economic Empowerment), a TFSGBV Digital Repository with 260 searchable resources, published research and training materials in three languages, and community partnership initiatives. The organization does not offer a unified software platform with modules but rather provides services through programs, publications, and knowledge resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TFSGBV Digital Repository An open-access digital resource database containing 260 resources on Technology-Facilitated Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, including research and evidence, media archives, multilingual materials, policy and practice resources, and an audio-visual archive. Designed for researchers, advocates, and policymakers.
• Publications Research reports, training modules, and advocacy materials covering gender equality, women's rights, child rights, transitional justice, reparations, and women-led change, available in English, Sinhala, and Tamil as freely downloadable PDFs.
• Focus Areas Programs Four interconnected programmatic areas addressing Violence against Women, Access to Justice and Governance, Peace and Post-Conflict Transition, and Economic Empowerment through research, advocacy, and community partnership for women and marginalised communities in Sri Lanka.
• Capacity-Building Workshops Training and sensitisation workshops delivered to government institutions (e.g., CIABOC, Office for Reparations) and corporate clients on sexual and gender-based violence, sexual bribery, conflict-related sexual violence, and gender-sensitive practice.

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Bar Association of Sri LankaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 June 2026CEJ's Executive Director Shyamala Gomez participated in the National Labour Law Symposium 2026 hosted by the Bar Association, discussing sexual harassment in employment.
• PARL (People's Alliance for Reparations and Land)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2026CEJ supports PARL's call to action regarding the Right to Land and Housing of the Malaiyaha Community in the Aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah.
• National Development Bank (NDB)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2025CEJ conducted a capacity-building session on 'Sexual Harassment in the Workplace' for NDB staff.
• Canadian High CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2025CEJ collaborated with the Canadian High Commission to celebrate International Women's Day 2025, with coordination support from Muslim Women's Development Society. Also collaborated on observing International Women's Day with coordination support of Muslim Women's Development Society.
• Saviya Development FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2025CEJ collaborated with Saviya Development Foundation to celebrate Women's Day 2025.
• John Keells Holdings PLCminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2024CEJ partnered with John Keells Holdings to conduct an informative capacity-building session on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Office for ReparationsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2022CEJ organized a follow-up capacity-building workshop with staff at the Office for Reparations at Hotel Renuka in Colombo.
• Forum Against Gender Based Violence (FAGBV)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 September 2022CEJ conducted capacity-building workshops on lobbying and advocacy skills for FAGBV members.
• Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2022CEJ facilitated seven full-day capacity-building workshops with CIABOC officers on investigating and prosecuting gendered impact of sexual bribery.
• Search for Common GroundminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 August 2022CEJ conducted a reflective learning workshop on Conflict-related Sexual Violence (CRSV) with staff members of Search for Common Ground.
• Hashtag GenerationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 August 2022CEJ conducted a reflective learning workshop on CRSV with staff members of Hashtag Generation.
• UN Women Asia and the PacificcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 June 2019UN Women featured CEJ's work on Sexual Bribery. The partnership involves recognition and documentation of CEJ's advocacy efforts to address sexual bribery affecting women and marginalized groups in Sri Lanka.
• Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 August 2018TISL staff member conducted District Based Capacity Building Sessions on RTI (Right to Information) in Vavuniya.
• International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 August 2018ICES hosted a capacity building workshop on Transitional Justice and TJ mechanisms for women's organizations and CBOs from North, East and North Central provinces.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Saviya Development Foundation: Sri Lankan women's-empowerment NGO that partnered with CEJ on International Women's Day 2025. Comparable as a community-based women's development organization operating in Sri Lanka.
• Muslim Women's Development Society: Sri Lankan grassroots women's organization that coordinated with CEJ on International Women's Day 2025. Comparable as a community-embedded women's-rights group serving an ethno-religious community in Sri Lanka.
• International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES): Sri Lankan civil-society research and advocacy organization where CEJ co-hosted transitional-justice workshops. Directly comparable as a Colombo-based, rights-oriented think-and-do tank working on war-affected communities.
• Search for Common Ground: International conflict-transformation organization that partnered with CEJ on a CRSV reflective learning workshop. Comparable as a peacebuilding and gender-in-conflict peer operating in Sri Lanka's post-war context.
• Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL): Sri Lanka chapter of the global anti-corruption movement; CEJ has collaborated with TISL on Right to Information training. Comparable as a Sri Lanka civic-society counterpart working on governance and anti-corruption, including the sexual-bribery space CEJ occupies.
• Hashtag Generation: Sri Lankan youth-focused digital-rights and conflict-organization that partnered with CEJ on CRSV learning. Comparable as a young, technology- and rights-oriented Sri Lankan peer intersecting with CEJ's TFSGBV focus.
• Forum Against Gender Based Violence (FAGBV): Sri Lankan gender-based-violence coalition that CEJ has trained on lobbying and advocacy skills. Operates in the same domestic GBV-prevention niche and shares a survivor-centred orientation.
• People's Alliance for Reparations and Land (PARL): Sri Lankan coalition focused on reparations and land rights for marginalized communities; CEJ publicly supports PARL's call to action on Malaiyaha community rights after Cyclone Ditwah. Directly comparable as a transitional-justice and reparations peer.

Broad incumbents

• UN Women Sri Lanka / Asia-Pacific: Global UN entity leading gender equality; features CEJ's sexual bribery work as a Core partner. Comparable as the multilateral incumbent that CEJ both partners with and implements for in Sri Lanka.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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