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The Centre for Equality and Justice (CEJ) is implementing a project on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV).The project will focus on women from the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim communities in the Puttalam, Kilinochchi and Polonnaruwa districts and will raise awareness on the barriers they encounter when accessing the criminal justice system while also suggesting possible

According to the UN, one in three women experiences physical and/or sexual violence especially in the form of intimate partner violence. However, data collected during the pandemic shows that gender-based violence (GBV) against women has intensified during the pandemic, globally. The WHO South- East Asia region press release points out that limitations on movement due to the lockdown can keep women in close proximity with their abusers and isolated from support services, in situations of incre...