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Sri Lanka has among the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, imposing long prison sentences for all abortions with exceptions only for saving a woman’s life.
10 mar 2023 · The adoption of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security marks significant progress in furthering gender-responsive conflict and crisis response, while also strengthening the...
Globally, some progress on women’s rights has been achieved. In Sri Lanka, 9.8% of women aged 20–24 years old who were married or in a union before age 18. The adolescent birth rate is 16.5 per 1,000 women aged 15–19 as of 2015, down from 17.9 per 1,000 in 2014.
17 cze 2021 · “In recent times, a mandatory 25 per cent quota for women in local government was introduced in Sri Lanka. This was a direct result of the feminist movement which invested over 30 years of activism to address the underrepresentation and participation of women in politics in Sri Lanka.
In our collective efforts to uphold women’s rights, we work collaboratively with the Government of Sri Lanka and other partners to develop national policies, conduct research and advocacy, and deliver programming on: Women’s economic empowerment. Women’s leadership in governance and decision-making.
Women’s U.N. Report Network says 30 percent to 40 percent of women in Sri Lanka today suffer from some kind of violence, while more than 60 percent of women across Sri Lanka are victims of domestic violence. Women are routinely harassed both verbally and physically when traveling by bus, train or even walking on the street.
According to the findings of the study conducted in 2019 by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 90% of Sri Lankan women and girls have faced sexual harassment in public buses and trains at least once in their lifetime.
