Colombo’s Lotus Tower turned orange last evening

The Lotus Tower in Colombo turned orange last evening to shed light on gender-based violence.  

Every year, iconic buildings around the world are illuminated in orange during the ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence’, a global campaign that starts from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day). 

This 16 days, in solidarity with the victims and survivors of sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19, UNFPA Sri Lanka with support from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka joined the ‘Orange the World campaign’, by illuminating South Asia’s tallest structure ‘Lotus Tower’ in orange, to shed light on this shadow pandemic.