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The Role of Young Leaders and Volunteers in Preventing Violent Extremism in Sri Lanka
Understanding the role of youth in preventing violent extremism, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Volunteers (UNV) commissioned a study on ‘The Potential Rol...
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National Strategic Plan (2019 - 2023)
The Well Woman Programme - National Strategic Plan (2019-2023) aims to ensure by 2023, every woman in the targeted age cohorts, especially those farthest behind, has utilized ...
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Perspectives: Reflecting on five decades of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka established the first maternity hospital in 1879, making it the second maternity hospital in South Asia. Since then, Sri Lanka has come a very long way. With 2,1...
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Feminization of Ageing
Sri Lanka is fast becoming a country that has the oldest people in the South Asian region. It is also one of the fastest ageing countries in the world. Between 1981 and 2012, the p...
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State of World Population Report
Unfinished Business: The Pursuit of Rights and Choices for All
Remarkable gains have been made in sexual and reproductive health and rights since 1969, when UNFPA was established. But despite progress, hundreds of millions of women today still...
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We are with HER - For a violence free Sri Lanka
On International Women's Day 2019, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka released a progress update summary about the 3 year project funded by the Canadian Go...
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Does She Travel Safe?
Sexual harassment is a grave violation of human rights. According to the findings of the study conducted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 90% of Sri L...
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State of World Population Report
State of World Population 2018
Not so long ago, most people had large families: five children, on average. Where once there was one global fertility rate, today there are many, with differences wider than at ...
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Montage of Sexuality
Sexuality is an intrinsic part of life and connotes the totality of a human being. Unlike the word ‘sex’ that represents a physiologic act or the categorizations into w...
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