Sylvia Fernando (1904–1983) was a Sri Lankan educator and family planning advocate.
Sylvia Fernando was born to an elite family in Colombo, Ceylon in 1904.
Fernando met Swedish women's rights activist Elise Ottesen-Jensen in 1948.
In 1954 they found an ally in Swedish ambassador Alva Myrdal and lobbied their governments to try a family planning project.
[2] In May 1958, Sweden agreed to provide $80,000 to distribute contraceptives in two communities in Ceylon.