Youth | Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka

The Youth Technical Advisory Committee (YTAC) is a group of young people passionate about the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of young people. Elected from among the Youth Volunteers of FPA Sri Lanka for a two-year term, YTAC currently links with groups of young people from and around the Service Delivery Points in Batticaloa, Matara, Ampara, Koggala and Nuwara Eliya. The key role of YTAC is to provide an insight to the strategic work of the Association, bringing in a youth-based perspective and to monitor and evaluate programmes in the area of Adolescents. YTAC also engages in voluntary activities throughout the year, to promote sexual and reproductive health of young people as a right and networks with other organisations to advocate for other issues particularly HIV, gender -based violence and for the rights of the marginalised in society. YTAC also represents FPA Sri Lanka in regional and international forums while being a part of South Asian Regional Youth Network of IPPF.

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Shakthi Daran shares his learning experience gained at the 2 day CSE workshop.

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Adil Suraj Vimukthi shares his views on the 2 day CSE training he attended.

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FPA Sri Lanka�s Youth Technical Advisory Committee Chairperson Ms Desaree Soysa.

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Ms. Stellamery - Participant at the CSE Training conducted by the Batticaloa Service Delivery Point.

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Ms.T.Janatheepa - Participant at the CSE Training conducted by the Batticaloa Service Delivery Point.

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CSE workshop participant Pranintha from Karuvakerny Vikneswara, Batticaloa shares her learning experience.

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CSE workshop participant Monika from Valaichenai Hindu College shares her views

Child Abuse crisis in Sri Lanka

As reports of child abuse arise from across the country with regular and horrifying frequency, it is evident that Sri Lanka is facing a nationwide crisis of child abuse. Within the first 60 days of 2020, the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) received over 2,500 cases of child abuse and by July 2020 there were 5242 cases recorded.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) is unfortunately rampant in SL and one such type of violence is Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)This is the act of violence against women committed by husbands or long-term partners, that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm.

ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවීය ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය

මම ඇයව නාලිකා යනුවෙන් හදුන්වමි. ඇය තිස්දෙහැවිරිදි කාන්තවකි. ඇය නිසි වයසේදී ඇගේ දෙමාපියන්ගේද ආශිර්වාද මැද විවාහ දිවියට එලබුනේය. නමුත් ඇගේ සොදුරු විවාහ දිවිය කඩා වැටීමට ගතවුයේ මාස තුනකි.

ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවීය ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය

මගේ නම සෙව්වන්දි. මා කුඩා කල මාගේ මව හා පියා දික්කසාද විය. ඉන් පසුව මගේ භාරකාරීත්වය මාගේ මවට හිමි වූ අතර මව ටික කලක් ගිය පසු වෙනත් විවාහයකට යොමුවිය.

ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවීය ප්‍රචණ්ඩත්වය

"මගේ නම ඉෂානි ,මට වයස 25යි දැනට වෘත්තීය පුහුණුව ලබනවා.මම ලබා ගන්න මේ පුහුණුවෙන් අනතුරුව මම ස්වයං රැකියාවක් කරන්න හිතා ගෙන ඉන්නවා.

Why CSE is needed in schools

The word ‘sex’ arouses the curiosity of Sri Lankan society. It topped the list of countries that searched for the word ‘sex’, (data from Google Trends) for many years. Let’s see the reason for it.

Harassment faced on Public Transportation

The majority of Sri Lankan population uses public transport for their daily travel needs. What more can one expect than to reach their destination safe and sound. So, what does ‘safe and sound’ actually mean?

Against Gender Based Violence in schools

“I am Sahan and I was excited to be selected to a new school due to my excellent O/L results.

Dancing is my favorite subject. Within a short period of time, I excelled in this subject and was acknowledged by my teachers but my popularity and talent was not accepted by my fellow students.

The need for comprehensive sexuality education amidst the stigma surrounding it.

Being born and raised in the cultural setting of the Eastern-kissed Island that we thrive in can place you in the grip of cardinal customs and unspoken rules; which would, when breached, result in a social dilemma revolving around the disorder of the silent regulation.

Youth News

Join our Youth Team

If you're YOUNG and DYNAMIC with a passion to volunteer towards education and awareness on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the country, we're looking for you!

Email us on governance@fpasrilanka.org with a brief profile of yourself and why you're passionate to join our team of changemakers.

Launch of Happy Life Website

FPA Sri Lanka’s Happy Life Centre launched their new and improved website on the 31^st of January 2020 in the presence of the FPASL’s President, Mr. Chandima Gunawardena, Dr. Lasantha Malavige (Chairperson – Medical Technical Advisory Committee) and the Senior Management Team.

Comprehensive Sexuality Education Workshop for Youth

FPA Sri Lanka's Youth Technical Advisory Committee together with the Advocacy Unit organised a Comprehensive Sexuality Education Workshop and youth camp on the 10th and 11th of August 2019 as an activity for International Youth Day at the Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue.