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World Mental Health Day 2019
Did you know - Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide.
Close to 800 000 people die by suicide every year. Furthermore, for each suicide, there are more than 20 suicide attempts.
Suicides and suicide ...
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IPPF South Asia Regional Meetings
1. Organizational Learning and Evaluation Meeting (1st – 3rd of October 2019)
IPPF SARO conducted a system assessment of Member Associations’ (MA) M&E systems to identify strengths, and gaps of the M&E system at MA level. The pu...
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The Sustainability of Key Populations in Asia (SKPA) project - Team Visit
The Sustainability of Key Populations in Asia (SKPA) project commenced in July 2019 and as a follow up to the kick off meeting ( please see link for details of this meeting:
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International Literacy Day 2019
International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on 8 September. The issue of literacy is a key component of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
FPA Sri Lanka uses this day as an opportunity to highlight other types of literacy that ar...
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Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in emergencies is crucial, truly life-saving!
Under the purview of FPA Sri Lanka's Outreach Unit's SPRINT Project the following programmes were facilitated by Dr. Harischandra Yakandawala, Consultant – FPASL and Dr. Novi Wijesekara, Medical Officer – Disaster Prepare...
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FPA Sri Lanka at the Annual Scientific Sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
The 52nd Annual Scientific sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists took place on the 10th and 11th of August 2019 at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo. A large host of medical professionals from here and abroad particip...
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Sustainable Development Goals Workshop
The Advocacy Unit of FPA Sri Lanka conducted a workshop in Galle on the Sustainable Development Goals. (SDGs)
The objective of this workshop was to identity gaps and discuss the importance of SDG goals 5 and 3 which addresses Gender and Se...
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FPA Sri Lanka provides support and services to people in all their diversity
FPA Sri Lanka provides support and services to people in all their diversity; including women and girls, people with disabilities, people of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression in a humanitarian crisis. Transgender people ar...
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Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Asia (SKPA) Programme Meeting and Grant Management Workshop
FPA Sri Lanka’s Sonali Gunasekera, the Director Advocacy, Saman Perera, the Deputy Director of Finance and Sriyal Nilanka, the Programme Officer for the AFAO project, attended the Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Asia (SKPA...
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The urgent need to Advance Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Comprehensive sexuality education is the crossroads at which education and health meet. It is vital to advancing health outcomes and gender equality. It gives young people the tools they need to have healthy lives and relationships. It helps them ...
