British Council supports aspiring women leaders in Sri Lanka

The British Council offered 100 emerging leaders from South Asia a unique opportunity to develop their leadership capacity and skills through a five week online, self-directed course. This course has been developed by Clore Social Leadership UK. This programme was initially piloted in Africa and based on its success was introduced in South Asia in 2020, to an initial cohort of 100. The five-week course for South Asia was successfully completed in February 2021. Through the British Council Sri Lanka, 25 local participants, comprising a diverse group of social and gender activists, and aspiring leaders were part of the South Asian programme.

‘This course has been a great eye opener, the content was really helpful to enhance my knowledge and understanding in gender and leadership, said Priyatharshiny Vijayaratnam, Wing Lead, volunteer for women and youth project, CREATE Initiative.