Sri Lanka

[Deactivated] National, provincial and local planning and budgeting processes are more gender responsive.

Enhanced capacities of select Ministries to incorporate GRB considerations within their institutions.

[Deactivated] State decision-making processes are more equitable and inclusive to enable women’s meaningful participation and leadership.

Increased capacity among select women political candidates and local leaders (women and men) to promote engagement of women in governance and peacebuilding processes.

Increased capacity of national and sub-national institutions, including political parties, to ensure policies, plans, and budgets are gender-responsive.

Women leaders promote increased civic engagement on issues related to governance, reconciliation and transitional justice.

Increased knowledge and capacities among women to identify and respond to emerging conflicts within/amongst communities.

Increased women’s engagement with local municipalities related to policy and decision-making on critical issues including SWM.

Economically and socially empowered women, changed gender relations, and improved practices of environmental remediation amongst all communities in Puttalam and Mannar.

Empowered military and war widows have sustainable livelihoods, and access social support services with dignity.

Military widows and war widows have increased knowledge of their rights and have access to complaint mechanisms on bribery.

Civil society is strengthened to provide services for the protection of victims of sexual exploitation and sexual bribery

Military widows and war widows increase their entrepreneurial knowledge and skills.

Vulnerable women-headed households are supported during the COVID-19 pandemic, to reduce care burdens and address immediate needs concerning shortage of food and financial resources.

Women in Mannar are empowered to exercise their choices and participate in employment opportunities that promote their financial independence, and have access to quality services.

[Deactivated] Increased commitment of public institutions to prevent and respond to bribery and to protect military and war widows from sexual bribery and exploitation.

The capacity of public institutions and officials are built to prevent and respond to bribery and to protect military and war widows from sexual exploitation

Strengthen existing mechanisms to report and respond to bribery, including sexual bribery

Women, including those in particularly vulnerable situations, will be empowered to strengthen the peacebuilding process, promote social cohesion and contribute towards lasting peace in Sri Lanka.

A capacity, coordination mechanism and advocacy space for implementing gender responsive policies and promoting social cohesion are created, including through the development of a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

Women, including grassroots women and the most marginalized, are empowered to inform the development of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security

Advocacy space is created and capacities of government is strengthened to develop and implement gender responsive policies related to WPS.

Women and women’s groups, including grassroots women and the most marginalized, have capacity, resources and skills to promote peace and social cohesion at the community level.

Coordination and knowledge exchange at local, national and regional level is fostered including by acting as the national secretariat for the G7 WPS initiative.

Strengthened institutions and local authorities are better able to support resettlement needs and scale up service delivery.

Vulnerable resettled communities have increased livelihood opportunities that are durable, disaster and climate change resilient.

Community based organizations/producer organizations/civil society and other groups function effectively that also addresses prejudices and negative social norms.

[Deactivated] Women are empowered to build resilient, cohesive and peaceful communities to prevent terrorism and hate speech.

Young women leaders have strengthened capacity to use social media to produce and disseminate alternative narratives to terrorism, violent extremism and hate speech.

Regional multi-stakeholder platform of cooperation among South and Southeast Asia countries is strengthened to promote good practices and evidence on the use of gender and social media to promote peace and counter violent extremism, hate speech and misogyny is generated.

[Deactivated] Normative frameworks and national interventions on gender equality and women’s empowerment in Sri Lanka are supported and implemented.

Government and Civil Society have strengthened capacity to review and assess national progress against global gender-specific frameworks for GEEW (CSW, CEDAW, BPfA, SDGs amongst others).

Facilitated evidence-based dialogue amongst government, civil society and other relevant actors in the context of intergovernmental processees for GEEW (CSW, CEDAW, BPfA, SDGs amongst others).

Relevant ministries in Sri Lanka have increased capacity to design and implement gender responsive policies and programmes on employment, entrepreneurship and social protection.

Social norms, attitudes and behaviours encouraging gender equality and the prevention of VAW are promoted at individual, community and institutional level.