Sri Lanka, Nov. 1 -- The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) recently, signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with the Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development to provide technical assistance for the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project with the objective of empowering women in the public transportation sector and making it the first time woman-friendly public transport system in Sri Lanka.
Finance, Senior Project Specialist, JICA, Namal Ralapanawe said that women participation in the labor force in Sri Lanka is only half of that of men which was about 38.5% as of 2018. One critical factor responsible for this is the lack of safe and affordable transportation for women. As per UNFPA data, about 90% of women face sexual harassme...