JOHN KEELLS HOLDINGS
It is a fact that most university graduates in Sri Lanka are women – and this is testimony to the intelligence, skill and perse-verance of our female populace.
IAS HOLDINGS
My tenure in the logistics sector spans almost 27 years and I see more women entering the field now than when I first joined. And I eventually rose
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
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
DIMO
There is a growing trend for women to enter non-conventional fields such as general engineering, IT, automobile engineer-ing, medicine, plantation
DIALOG AXIATA
Recognising the important role of women in society and their immense contribution to the local economy, Dialog Axiata partnered with Women
COMMERCIAL BANK OF CEYLON
Generally, most women participate in conventional semi-skilled labour-intensive industries – i.e. domestic and plantation agriculture
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
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
ACCA GLOBAL
We need to look at this from two perspectives – family and professional. Unfortunately, there are extremes in both spheres; just as progressive
LABOUR IMBALANCE
losing the gender gap in the workplace continues to be one of the more pressing issues facing businesses and governments. In fact
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
ECONOMIC PARITY
Expressing her love of diversity, the UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Hanaa Singer-Hamdy says: “I love walking into my office and
TALENT POOL
A Balancing Act Elizabeth Moir explains why she is against gender-based generalisations As a British…
THE HIERARCHY
The World Bank’s Country Manager for Maldives and Sri Lanka Chiyo Kanda reveals a hard-hitting fact – viz. Sri Lanka’s women have the
WOMEN AT WORK
Currently the Head of Finance and Administration at the World Bank in Sri Lanka and Maldives, she discloses that in her journey, “I too
GENDER PARITY
An icon of haute couture fashion, Yolanda Aluwihare Holm has imprinted her credentials on the fashion industry, catapulting the tradition of
GENDER ROLES
As the reigning queen of Sri Lanka’s hair and beauty industry for some four decades, Ramani Fernando has perhaps coiffed every major celebrity
WORKING WOMEN
on a scale of 1 to10, Amena Arif scores gender equality in the workplace as 10/10 simply because “ignoring half of the world’s workforce means
SUPERHEROES
Amid the global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, an enduring and refreshing reality has emerged: women standing at the
