Local women's rights NGO Uthema conducted a panel discussion at Maagiri Hotel under the name 'Bridge the Gap' in collaboration with advocacy partner Women Deliver 2019 (WD2019) and the Delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Several prominent civil society members and state officials attended the discussion, which was launched to initiate a conversation on women’s rights issues with a particular focus on inconsistencies between policies and lived realities.