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UNFPA & WHO: Joint Media Statement
7 March 2018 (Colombo, Sri Lanka): The World Health Organization (WHO) in Sri Lanka and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sri Lanka, jointly echo the statement issued b...
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Policy Brief 7: Reportage of Unnatural Deaths of Women and Girls in Sri Lanka
The unnatural deaths of women and girl children are often a subject of speculation on the part of the general public, especially when they are due to external causes such as injury...
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Policy Brief 6: Unnatural Deaths of Women and Girls in Sri Lanka (Prevention and Justice)
UNFPA conducted the first study of its kind in Sri Lanka to understand the contributory factors of unnatural deaths from a gender perspective. Conducted with the University of Kela...
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International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education
The International technical guidance on sexuality education is a technical tool that presents the evidence base and rationale for delivering comprehensive sexuality education&...
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Compendium on Law, Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Rights
The Compendium on Law, Gender-based Violence and Reproductive Rights is a collaboration between the United Nations Population Fund, the Human Rights Commission and Professor ...
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Zero Stigma and Discrimination by 2020: Stigma Assessment of People Living with HIV in Sri Lanka - 2017
Sri Lanka is experiencing a low level of HIV epidemic, with a prevalence of less than 5% in any defined key affected population, and less than 1% of the general population. Stigma ...
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Protecting Women & Girls in Emergency Situations
Sri Lanka has faced severe drought, floods, and landslides in recent years, which have left thousands of women and girls vulernable, during and after emergency situations. In the w...
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Elect Her. End Violence
In Sri Lanka, while women constitute 52 percent of Sri Lanka's population, female representation in parliament is only 5.3 percent. Due to gender-based socio-cultural norms and...
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Population Ageing in Sri Lanka & its policy implications (G2G-4)
Understanding the need to focus on the demographic shift in age, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) jointly published a Th...
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