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Lecturer
Masters in Demography, B.A (Hons.in Demography) – University of Colombo
Office: +94 112 586 111, Mobile: +94 778 201 551
E-mail: gayathri@demo.cmb.ac.lk
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♦ PhD candidate at University of Southampton, UK
♦ Reading Master of Philosophy, Department of Demography, University of Colombo
♦ Masters in Demography, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.2013
♦ Diploma in Human resource Management (Merit Pass), Institute of personnel Management, Sri Lanka 2006
♦ Bachelor of Arts (Second Class Upper.), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.2006-2007
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♦ Population Issues
♦ Population Policies & Programmes
♦ Urban Demography
♦ Regional Demography
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[vz_accordions] [vz_accordion title=”Research Interests”]
♦ Fertility
♦ Reproductive Health
♦ Gender
♦ Population Ageing
♦ Urbanization
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♦ Abeywickrama, G. (2014), Demographic and socio-economic factors associated with decision making of women in fertility behavior: Evidence from urban shanties in Colombo District,Reserch Symposium, Department of Demography, University of Colombo.
♦ Abeywickrama, G. (2014), Women’s role of decision making on fertility behavior in Colombo District, 14th national convention on women’s studies-2014, Center for women’s studies (CENWOR), Colombo.
♦ Abeywickrama,G.(2013),Prevalence of poverty and alcohol consumption among Estate workers: Evidence from Kahawatta, Rathnapura District, Annual Research Symposium-2013, University of Colombo.
♦ Abeywickrama,G.(2013),Reproductive health knowledge among secondary school children in Sri Lanka”, Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo.
♦ Abeywickrama,G.(2012),Gender Differentials in reproductive health and attitudes: Evidence from secondary school children in Sri Lanka,15thAnnual sessions, Population Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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♦ Women’s role of decision making on fertility behavior in Colombo District-14th national convention on women’s studies-2014,Center for women’s studies (CENWOR).
♦ Projections of population, Labour force and it’s female component in Sri Lanka (Co-author), Economic Review -2013, Research Division, Peoples’ Bank.
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[vz_accordions] [vz_accordion title=”Unpublished Thesis”]
♦ Reproductive health knowledge among secondary school children in Sri Lanka,2011, A research carried out as a partial fulfillment of the requirement of a special degree in Demography, Department of Demography.University of Colombo.
♦ Women’s role of decision making on fertility behavior: Case of shanties in Colombo Distract,2014,A research carried out as a partial fulfillment of the requirement of Master’s degree in Demography, Department of Demography.University of Colombo.
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