Campaigns and programmes

Campaign

Don't Look Away

In Sri Lanka, women and girls depend more on buses and trains than men do. Sexual harassment undermines their health, dignity and autonomy—and suspends them in inequality. Yet nearly every woman who...

Emergency

UNFPA Sri Lanka’s Response to the Economic Crisis

Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst socio-economic crisis in decades. Months of acute shortages of essentials such as food, medicines, fuel, cooking gas, and access to basic services have resulted in...

Programmes

Country programmes

The COVID-19 pandemic is straining public health systems, triggering unprecedented measures by Governments around the world. Stress, limited mobility and livelihood disruptions...

Campaign

Don't play the hand you're dealt

Did you know that one in four (24.9%) women in Sri Lanka have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since age 15? Yet, close to half (49.3%) of the women who experienced...