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SL approves national action to eliminate sexual, gender-based harassment

Colombo, July 10 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Cabinet approved a multi-sectoral national action plan for implementation during the period between 2024 and 2028 to eliminate sexual and gender-based harassment in the country, according to the government information department on Wednesday.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the minister of women, children's affairs, and social empowerment, presented the proposal, the department said.
The department said that policy involvement must ensure the right of women, men, and children to live in a fair and social environment without any violence, adding that the first national action plan to address harassment based on sexual and gender sociality was implemented with an integrated approach between 2012 and 2020.
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