Sri Lanka, Nov. 8 -- The 2019 Women's Wellbeing Survey (WWS) in Sri Lanka was conducted by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) with technical assistance from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its regional kNOwVAWdata Initiative.

It is the first national survey carried out in Sri Lanka according to an internationally recognised standardised methodology on violence against women and girls. The Women's Wellbeing Survey (WWS) conducted islandwide gathered information from over 2,200 women aged 15 and above. The study revealed that one in five (20.4%) ever-partnered women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime.

According to the study, 49.3% of women who experienced sex...