Young Members’ Forum to discuss ‘Challenges and Rewards of being a Woman in Business Today’ on Wome
Friday, 6 March 2015 00:00
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The Young Members’ Forum of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has decided to conduct a seminar under the title of ‘Empowering Women – Challenges and Rewards of being a Woman in Business Today’ to mark International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March.
The seminar will take place on 10 March at the Hilton Colombo Residence, starting at 6 p.m., and will see the lining up of six eminent women personalities in the country as resource persons.
State Minister of Children’s Affairs Rosy Senanayake will take part in the event as the Chief Guest, while Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Managing Director Tania Polonnowita Wettimuny, Standard Chartered Bank Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing Sanjeewani Ranasinghe De Silva, Virtusa Director, Human Resource Chandi Dharmaratne, Sanasa Development Bank Chairperson Samadanie Kiriwandeniya and Unilever Sri Lanka Chairperson Shazia Syed will take part as panelists in the seminar.
The participants will be given the chance to raise question and answers during the seminar.
Young Members Forum, an initiative of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, which focuses on building the younger generation to become the next leaders, endorses the importance of societies focusing on creating gender equalities.
“Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments with more women enact more legislation on key social issues such as health, education, anti-discrimination and child support. The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
The upcoming event is sponsored by Ceylinco Life, while the electronic media sponsor is ART television. For participation at the event, please call on 558-8880 or email [email protected].
