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UNFPA Sri Lanka Menstrual Health in Sri Lanka: A timeline

WEBUNFPA’s mandate in delivering for women and girls indicates that menstrual health is essential to bodily autonomy. Menstrual Hygiene Day is a global advocacy platform to …

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Menstrual Health & Endometriosis: It’s OK to talk about it. Period.

WEBCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (05 November 2021): Menstruation is a natural monthly occurrence for the 1.8 billion women and girls of reproductive age across the world. Yet millions are …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Menstrual Hygiene Day

WEB28 May 2023. Menstrual health is a human rights issue – not just a health one. The theme for Menstrual Hygiene Day this year is ‘Making menstruation a normal fact of life by …

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Equity in sexual and reproductive health and rights

WEBCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (04 August 2020): In Sri Lanka, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services are often inaccessible to persons living with disabilities due to barriers …

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The need for Comprehensive sexualiT y eduCaTion in sri lanka

WEB3 key issues in sri lanka y Teenage pregnancies in Sri Lanka is at 5.2%, yet subnational disparities exist with a rate of 8-9% (Family Health Bureau, 2015) y 66% of girls in Sri …

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National Strategic Plan on Maternal and Newborn Health (2017

WEBMaternal and Newborn Health Strategic Plan (MNH SP) 2017 – 2025 is developed in order to address the unfinished agenda of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to …

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Mapping of social services sector for the prevention and response …

WEBThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency working to further gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka. Responding to Sexual and …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Publications

WEBRapid Gender Analysis Sri Lanka 2022. Publication. In August 2022, UNFPA in collaboration with Chrysalis, conducted a Rapid Gender Analysis to bring attention to the …

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STRATEGIC PLAN 2019

WEB2019 2023 I I am pleased to introduce the Well Woman Programme Strategic Plan 2019-2023. While the country has paid much attention to improving the maternal and child …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Recognizing Transformative Power of Education

WEBRecognizing Transformative Power of Education. 26 January 2024. Recognizing Transformative Power of Education - Opinion-Editorial by UNFPA Sri Lanka …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Midwives save lives

WEBMidwives save lives. 21 September 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic has fast become one of the most important threats to global health, completely changing how we live. The …

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POPULATION MATTERS

WEB01. 1 in 4 people in Sri Lanka are between the ages of 15 and 29 years1 - a total of 4.7 million in 2014 and in the next 15 years, 5.5 million more Sri Lankans will be under the …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Gender-Based Violence

WEBViolence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world. It knows no social, economic or national boundaries. Worldwide, …

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Extent, Trends and Determinants of Teenage Pregnancies in …

WEBA total of 510 teenage mothers were included in the community based study with 41% of them being from the Colombo district, 34% from Batticaloa and 24% from …

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UNFPA Sri Lanka Health Sector Response to Gender Based …

WEBThe United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is the lead UN agency working to further gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka. We are …

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Fertility and Nuptiality 1 Ageing PoPulAtion of Sri lAnkA

WEBAgeing Population of Sri Lanka 5 tABleS Table 2.1: Ageing population and median age in South- Asian countries 2012 and 2022 17 Table 2.2: Trends in Total …

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Features, Challenges and Opportunities of Population Ageing: …

WEB03 Figure 3 illustrates that there are five persons of working age per older person in 2030 and by the middle of the century; this number is likely to decrease to just 3.

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POPUL ATION AGEING IN SRI L ANKA & ITS POLICY …

WEBTo guide more targeted policy interventions, the ageing population in Sri Lanka has been categorized into three groups: Young-old (60-69 years) |Middle-old (70-79 years) |Oldest …

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