Vagisha Gunasekera (CEPA – Sri Lanka) presents at the South Asia Consultation on FfD, Colombo

7-8 June, 2015

A member of the Southern Voice network, Vagisha Gunasekera, joined the South Asia Consultation on Financing for Development (FfD): Advancing Progressive Regional to Global Policies held in Colombo on 7-8 June 2015.

Vagisha Gunasekera was a panellist in the session on the National Policy Landscape, as well as at the Civil Society-Government Roundtable.

The meeting, held at the United Nations in Sri Lanka, was co-convened by Women and Media Collective, Regions Refocus 2015, Asia Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women with the support of UN Women and International Planned Parenthood Federation – South Asia Region. It brought together government representatives and members of civil society to deepen regional understanding and strategies towards the FfD3.

This event provided opportunities to render feedback on the SDG process in the context of Sri Lanka. The outcome of this workshop will be taken up at the Addis conference in July.

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