Verité Research releases results of island-wide farmers’ survey on fertiliser ban

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    Verité Research releases results of island-wide farmers’ survey on fertiliser ban
    by |25 August 2021|Press Release
    On April 22, 2021, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced a ban on the import of chemical fertiliser in Sri Lanka. Verité Research conducted a “Farmers’ Pulse” telephone survey to elicit the views of farmers, on this policy and its expected impact....
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    Un SDG on Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Unlikely to Be Fulfilled by SL: Study
    by |04 August 2021|Verité in the News
    Published in the Daily Mirror Sri Lanka is unlikely to realize by 2030 the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on gender equality and women empowerment as lack of monitoring and accountability hinders the ability in moving in that...
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    Gender-Responsive Budgeting: Evaluating Key Performance Indicators
    by |31 July 2021
    This report assesses the extent to which the government has implemented 12 gender-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These KPIs were developed by the former Ministry of Women and Child Affairs towards achieving Goal 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development...
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    ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවයට අනුකූල වූ අයවැයකරණය: ප්‍රධාන කාර්ය සාධන දර්ශක පිළිබඳ ඇගැයීම
    by |30 July 2021
    ස්ත්‍රී පුරුෂ සමාජභාවය පිළිබඳ ප්‍රධාන කාර්ය සාධන දර්ශකයන් (ප්‍ර.කා.සා.ද.)12 ක් රජය කොතරම් දුරට ක්‍රියාත්මක කර ඇත්ද යන්න පිළිබඳව මෙම වාර්තාව ඇගැයීමට ලක් කරයි. (more…)
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    பால்நிலை பொறுப்பு வரவு செலவுத்திட்டத் தயாரிப்பு: பிரதான செயலாற்றுகை சுட்டிகளை மதிப்பிடுதல
    by |30 July 2021
    இந்த அறிக்கை அரசாங்கம் பாலினம் தொடர்பான 12 முக்கிய செயல்திறன் குறிகாட்டிகளை (KPIs) எந்த அளவிற்கு செயல்படுத்தியுள்ளது என்பதை மதிப்பீடு செய்கிறது. (more…)
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    Invisible Under the Law: The Consistent Neglect of Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka
    by |13 June 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Sunday Times  As COVID-19 sinks its teeth into Sri Lanka anew this month, Work-From-Home (WFH) has become the new modus operandi for white-collar workers. As our domestic and working spaces merge into one, we now better understand...
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    Reducing the Gap in Understanding Sri Lanka’s Gender Gap
    by |28 March 2021
    Sri Lanka recorded the largest ranking decline of 89 places in the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) from its introduction in 2006 to 2019/20. (more…)
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    Enacting Laws Alone Will Not Solve Problems of Female Workers
    by |14 March 2021|Verité in the News
    Published on The Sunday Times Although several laws exist in the country, a holistic view has to be taken before bringing in new laws to address issues pertaining to discrimination of women in the workplace. In some ways new laws...
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    Reducing the Gap in Understanding Sri Lanka’s Gender Gap
    by |08 March 2021|Interviews & Articles
    Published in - DailyMirror The Global Gender Gap Index The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) is a composite index that measures the extent of gender-based gaps in and among countries and tracks progress towards reducing these gaps...
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    Youth Labour Market Assessment Sri Lanka
    by |08 October 2020
    Building on the Youth Labour Market Assessment published by Verite Research in 2018, this report focuses on a series of specific issues that represent key barriers to increasing youth employment and youth employability in Sri Lanka. Given the potential of...
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