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Empowering women through innovation and technology, SLT-Mobitel, celebrated International Women’s Day 2023 (IWD) recently, with an event to showcase distinguished Sri Lankan women who have achieved substantially in their careers while positively contributing to the nation’s economy and communities.
The SLT-Mobitel IWD event is part of a series of activities organised by SLT-Mobitel this year, as the brand embarks on a journey to ensure the internet offers an equal, accessible, and safe platform for everyone. ’SmartHERNation’ is an initiative to narrow the digital divide between men and women in Sri Lanka, to empower HER, and in turn enable HER to contribute towards a digitally enabled, smarter nation.
The IWD event which took place at One Galle Face - Ocean Avenue Atrium, hosted DOK Solutions Lanka Chief Operating Officer Prabodhanie Kumari Wanigasundara, a professional marketer, operations specialist and Senior Visiting Lecturer, T.L.A. Lasanthi Chathurika, a young enthusiastic Licensed Aircraft Engineer with more than a decade of hands-on experience in live Airbus aircraft, and who also holds the honour of being the first female licensed aircraft maintenance engineer, Luna Peech, an accomplished individual in the financial and accounting sector who is now recognised for her social media and gaming expertise and having achieved the highest number of followers in the Apex Legend Community in Sri Lanka and Nature’s Healing Ceylon (NHC) Chairperson and Medical Director Dr. Natalie Cooke, an Integrative Medical Facility which treats Diabetes, Kidney Failure, Cancer, Neurogenerative Disease, Autism etc. and specialises in minimising chemical-based drugs and optimising patient health.