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04 June 2021
Press Release
UNFPA places the needs and care of pregnant mothers and newborns at the centre of its COVID-19response
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (4 June 2021): The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a crucial island-wide need for a separate maternal care unit for mothers who have contracted the virus and…
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28 May 2021
Press Release
Periods are no match for dreams
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (28 May 2021): Good menstrual hygiene management matters in all areas of life. To mark Menstrual Hygiene Day (28 May) UNFPA partnered with the Sri Lanka…
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21 May 2021
News
Anything but easy
The journey has been anything but easy, yet, perseverance, patience and a resilient spirit have managed to help 20-year-old Irushi reach heights. Despite the odds,…
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21 May 2021
News
Finding the Light
“I didn’t think I’d survive. After all that I had been through, and what he was doing to me, I didn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. I didn&rsquo…
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29 March 2021
News
UNFPA Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan support the Ministry of Health to strengthen access to sexual and reproductive health services amidst COVID-19
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 29 March 2021: The United Nations Population Fund in Sri Lanka and the Government of Japan recently handed over a consignment of goods to support the Ministry…
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25 March 2021
Press Release
UNFPA partners with Colombo Fashion Week 2021
25 March 2021, COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A UNFPA supported survey in 2019 found that one in four (24.9%) women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since age 15 by a…
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08 March 2021
Statement
No place for sexism!
Human Rights Watch recently awarded Japan ‘A Gold Medal for Sexism’ after the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori complained that “women talk…
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22 February 2021
Statement
Over 50 Development Agencies Unite for DIG Bimshani Jasin Arahchchi
Statement by the National Forum Against Gender-Based Violence The National Forum Against Gender-Based Violence in Sri Lanka is deeply disappointed in the recent petition…
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14 February 2021
News
How healthy is your relationship?
How healthy is your relationship?
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