poverty Archives

March 7, 2024

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a significant increase in poverty in Bangladesh, pushing formerly non-poor households into poverty, reveals a series of research projects conducted by the Covid-19 Learning, Evidence and Research Programme (CLEAR), a consortium of research organizations working in Bangladesh. The finding was part of emerging evidence from the CLEAR programme discussed at […]

July 11, 2023

July 2023, Colombo: Fems, the socially responsible feminine hygiene care brand by Hemas Consumer Brands, won the prestigious ‘Best Community Initiative Focusing on Women Led Project of the Year’ award at the recently-concluded Top 50 Professional & Career Women Global Awards for its groundbreaking project, ‘Fems AYA’. The project has empowered countless […]

May 2, 2023

Poverty has many faces and especially the experience of deprivations during childhood, such as in nutrition and cognitive development, can last a lifetime. In line with the international community’s commitment to “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”, as embraced in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1, Sri Lanka recognizes the multiple ways […]

January 19, 2022

The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the Center for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) publicly shared the findings from the study on “Optimizing Screening and Support Services for Victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Trafficking in Persons (TIP)” recently via Zoom conference. The program took place during the CEPA’s 65th Open Forum on November […]

April 28, 2020

GENEVA (ILO News) – Governments, together with social partners and other stakeholders, should use the COVID-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen their social protection systems, says the International Labour Organization. An analysis shows that countries that have effective health and social protection systems in place and that provide universal coverage, are better equipped to protect […]

IDS-BIGD-FCDO conference on crisis response and resilience in the wake of Covid-19

Fems AYA wins Top 50 Professional & Career Women Global Award for groundbreaking work in the area of period poverty

Sri Lanka’s Multidimensional Poverty Index 2019 Results: National and Child Analysis

The Asia Foundation and Center for Poverty Analysis studies Screening and Support Services for Trafficked Persons

The COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call to strengthen social protection systems