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AI-generatedThe article covers a labor protest and poverty statistics in Sri Lanka. No direct commercial mechanism, price signal, supply chain disruption, or company-specific impact is identified. The event is social/political with no concrete commercial channel.
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- Women workers at Shramabimani Centre in Seeduwa, Sri Lanka, demanded better wages, working conditions, and healthcare on March 29.
- Garment factory employees reported exploitation including long hours, sexual harassment, and inadequate living conditions.
- Activists highlighted plight of landless women in Gampaha District, calling for housing rights and dignity.
- World Bank reported Sri Lanka's poverty rate increased from 13.1% in 2021 to 25.0% in 2022, adding 2.5 million people to impoverished population.