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UNFPA Sri Lanka Annual Report 2023

Annual Report

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka has taken steps to enhance the resilience of the entire Sri Lankan population in the face of ongoing socioeconomic challenges. Committed to our cause, we have supported those most impacted, particularly women, girls, and marginalized communities such as the elderly, fostering constructive transformation through system reinforcement and advocacy for the rights and welfare of all Sri Lankans.

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Annual Report 2022

Annual Report

UNFPA Sri Lanka is the United Nations' sexual and reproductive health agency. Since UNFPA started its work in 1969, the world has seen progress. 

In 2022, with the onset of the multi-dimensional crisis in Sri Lanka, UNFPA took urgent steps in collaboration with donors and partners to address the growing needs of women, girls, youth and communities affected. 

This annual report shows how UNFPA Sri Lanka is delivering to achieve the three transformative goals of zero unmet need for family planning, zero preventable maternal death and zero gender based violence and harmful practices. 

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Rapid Gender Analysis Sri Lanka 2022

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In August 2022, UNFPA in collaboration with Chrysalis, conducted a Rapid Gender Analysis to bring attention to the on-going economic crisis to identify the gender specific economic, health (including sexual and reproductive health), social, and protection risks faced by women and girls including those with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, and vulnerable groups in Sri Lanka. 

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National Policy on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

Technical Reports and Document

Sri Lanka launched its "National Policy on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment" on International Women’s Day 2023. The policy was put forth by the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs, and Social Empowerment Sri Lanka with technical support from UNFPA Sri Lanka and the support of other UN Agencies.

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COUNTING AND VALUING WOMEN’S WORK IN SRI LANKA: USE OF NATIONAL TIME TRANSFER ACCOUNT METHODOLOGY TO ADDRESS GENDER-BASED INEQUALITITES

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Sri Lanka already experiences very low female labour force participation irrespective of the country’s high levels of educational attainments and other social indicators. The most striking feature is that the gender gap in labour force participation rates has widened more during the past decade. The present study proposes that a national level policy intervention is urgently required to make favourable working conditions for women which can include affordable childcare and aged care, flexible and part-time working arrangements and improved transportation facilities. The study also questioned whether the use of ‘labour force approach’ in determining labour force participation is the most appropriate definition because unpaid /family care work at home or elsewhere is not taken as active engagement in a country's labour force. This approach is best suited to an economy in which the dominant form of economic activity is stable wage employment. 

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Country Programme Document Sri Lanka 2023 - 2027

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The Country Programme Document outlines the United Nations Population Fund's mandate and scope of work for the five year period from 2023 - 2027.

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Upholding the dignity and building resilience of women and girls: UNFPA's response to the economic crisis

Fact Sheet

Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, with serious consequences for the most vulnerable people in the population. Food security, agriculture, livelihoods, and access to healthcare are affected. It is estimated that nearly 5.3 million people are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

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Population Dynamics

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Sri Lanka is currently experiencing major population changes including significant transformations in its age structure associated with the youth bulge as well as population  ageing. These novel population trends create many developmental challenges as well as opportunities that have crucial implications for social, economic and environmental development. These emerging population trends shape and are shaped by public policy in the form of policies and related programmes that are being used to balance population change, economic growth, social transformation and environmental sustainability. These population dynamics impact development at the national and sub-national levels. Therefore, the challenge of this century is to unravel the problem of meeting the growing needs and expectations of different population groups while at the same
time adjusting the current production and consumption patterns to accomplish a more sustainable development model and address the links between sustainable development and population dynamics resulting from age-sex structure changes of the population.

 

 

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FATALITIES

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A preliminary literature survey on the traumatic deaths of women and girl children in Sri Lanka revealed that published studies on the subject were scarce and included outdated statistics. This is a fundamental drawback when it comes to advocating legislative reform, developing national policies and institutional responses, as well as introducing preventive strategies and judicial redress mechanisms to address the issue. It can also impede possible community action. 

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Management of Safety Centres Amidst COVID-19

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Sri Lanka, an island nation, is prone to natural disasters caused by floods, cyclones, landslides, tsunami, drought and coastal erosion with increasing instances of environmental pollution related hazards as well. Though the disasters in Sri Lanka are mostly hydrometeorological in nature, epidemics such as dengue are highly prevalent in the country too. The global pandemic COVID-19 has significantly affected Sri Lanka since early 2020 and the impacts are visible across many sectors, affecting different aspects of human lives. 

By evaluating the multidimensional risks of managing safety centres and /camps in the new normal, this booklet has been developed at the initiative of the Disaster Management Centre (DMC) with the support of the Disaster Preparedness and Response Division (DPRD), Ministry of Health, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Organization for Migration (IOM). The booklet’s prime objective is to ensure that the key components of camp management of providing assistance and protection to persons seeking temporary shelter are followed as per accepted international standards and best practices, and is an outcome of an online or virtual training conducted on the theme of “Management of Safety Centres Amidst COVID -19” by the said organisations, in June 202.

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