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Don’t play the hand you’re dealt | නිදහසට කරුණු එපා | சுதந்திரத்திற்கு நிபந்தனைகள் வேண்டாம்

Don’t play the hand you’re dealt | නිදහසට කරුණු එපා | சுதந்திரத்திற்கு நிபந்தனைகள் வேண்டாம் UNFPA launches 16 days of activism with a call to end intimate partner violence in collaboration with the Colombo Municipal Co...

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UNFPA supports Brandix to strengthen their gender equality focus

Colombo, October 18, 2021 – Leading Sri Lankan apparel manufacturer Brandix has embarked on a journey to strengthen the company’s gender equality policies and procedures with technical support from the United Nations Po...

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The impact of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence on maternal and child health

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (24 September 2021): The 2019 Women’s Wellbeing Survey found that one in four (24.9%) women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since age 15 by a partner or non-partner in Sri Lanka. Inti...