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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...

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A promise of hope

From Matale to Trincomalee: Empowering women with the right to choose Pushpa* in Matale has been married for 9 years and although she loves her husband, she’s faced a lot of criticism over the years and now fears that h...