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Why children need Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The world is changing...fast!Young people today are facing a very different set of challenges to those experienced by previous generations.
Education, must go beyond the traditional academic focus. It should support young people to develop t...
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Training of Trainer Workshop - Netherlands Embassy Grant
The Netherlands Embassy grant is supporting the Sri Lanka FP2020 programme, for Civil Society Organisations (CSO) to encourage the use of modern family planning methods among youth, men and women including older women, working women and single ...
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FPA Sri Lanka's Social Marketing Programme - Dealer Meetings
Our Social Marketing Programme markets contraceptives and lubricants through its island wide dealer network which comprises pharmacies, medical clinics, hospitals, groceries, etc. It continues to be the main non-state actor in reducing the barrie...
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Social Enterprise Hub-Technical support visit to the Botswana Family Welfare Association
In 2015, IPPF established a Social Enterprise Acceleration Program (SEAP) that aimed to strengthen Member Associations (MA) capacity to apply entrepreneurial best practice in the health sector whilst delivering social value and improving lives. It...
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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...
