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ESSENCE

  • Mar- 2021 -
    19 March

    HUTCHISON TELECOMMUNICATIONS LANKA

    Many boardrooms are still dominated by men – and Sri Lanka is no exception. To make a real difference, root causes need to be addressed

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  • 19 March

    FONTERRA BRANDS LANKA (FBL)

    Although I studied transport and logistics, Fonterra considered my passion to grow in the supply chain and provided me with the opportunity to

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  • 19 March

    DIMO

    There is a growing trend for women to enter non-conventional fields such as general engineering, IT, automobile engineer-ing, medicine, plantation

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  • 19 March

    DIALOG AXIATA

    Recognising the important role of women in society and their immense contribution to the local economy, Dialog Axiata partnered with Women

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  • 19 March

    COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON

    Generally, most women participate in conventional semi-skilled labour-intensive industries – i.e. domestic and plantation agriculture

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  • 19 March

    99x

    In 2019, the requirement for IT graduates was 21,000 but the supply from public and private universities was merely 9,000. About a third of the IT

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  • 18 March

    CBH LANDS

    I take my cue from history. In pre-colonial times, we had powerful queens such as Queen Kuveni, who held power and rich-es, and was a working

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  • 18 March

    ACCA GLOBAL

    We need to look at this from two perspectives – family and professional. Unfortunately, there are extremes in both spheres; just as progressive

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  • 17 March

    LABOUR IMBALANCE

    losing the gender gap in the workplace continues to be one of the more pressing issues facing businesses and governments. In fact

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  • 15 March

    THE WORKFORCE

    S Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives Alaina Teplitz believes that women are key to unlocking the nation’s innovation economy and repositioning

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