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Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 08.30 GMT |
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The United Nations Women announced a three-year programme to address the needs of widows in Sri Lanka, to mark the 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day.
The three year programme, funded jointly by the UN Women Swiss National Committee and the Standard Charted Bank, will be implemented in Sri Lanka to reduce the social ostracism faced by widows. This will be done by collecting data and evidence to highlight the stigma faced by them, by working with widow's coalitions so they can speak up and access public services, and finally by guaranteeing that discrimination and social practices against widows are viewed and repealed.
Plans are also afoot to work with local community leaders for the cause of widows. In Sri Lanka focus will be on widows living in areas previously affected by the conflict. The programme will be implemented in partnership with the non- governmental organizations and Women's Education and Research Centre in Sri Lanka.
UN Women, formally known as the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, is the United Nation's most ambitious effort ever to accelerate actions to achieve gender equality.
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