Leading corporates dazzle at first Women Friendly Workplace Awards

Top Ten Winners & Five Hon Mentions Satynmag.com & CIMA Sri Lanka Women Friendly Workplace Awards go to leading corporates

The first ever Women Friendly Workplace Awards (WFWP Awards) 2021 jointly pioneered by Satynmag.com, and CIMA Sri Lanka was held on 2nd November 2021 at the Atrium Lobby of the Cinnamon Grand.

The Top Ten winners of the ground breaking awards went to AIA, CBL, Commercial Bank, DFCC, HNB Assurance, LOLC, London Stock Exchange Business Services, NSB, People’s Bank and Seylan Bank.

Honourable Mentions were awarded to Acuity Knowledge Partners, NDB, SDB, Bio Foods and WNS Global Services.

Ms. Sarah Twigg, Programme Manager – Women in Work – Sri Lanka at IFC was the Chief Guest while the Guest of Honour was Ms Farzana Jameel PC Senior Additional Solicitor General of the Attorney General’s Department.

Addressing the audience, the Chief Guest spoke of the importance of addressing gender equality in the workplace. IFC works with many organizations in Sri Lanka towards ensuring an optimized work place for women. While congratulating Satynmag.com and CIMA for initiating the WFWP Awards, she said that it comes at a right time, in the post pandemic world when women are facing even greater challenges at the work places than ever before.

In her speech, the Guest of Honour spoke of the multiple roles women play in balancing work and home. She stressed on the need for organizations to address this need in greater detail, commending Satynmag.com and CIMA for undertaking the WFWP awards.

The awards were judged by a distinguished panel of judges – Ravi Abeysuriya FCMA CGMA, a leading corporate personality, Manohari Abeysekera FCMA CGMA – Council Member for South Asia, CIMA – UK, Dumindra Ratnayaka Chairman of Suvaseriya, Prof. Arosha Adikaram, Head of HR Department University of Colombo, Jeevan Thyagarajah Governor of the Northern Province, Zahara Ansary FCMA CGMA Country Manager CIMA and Nayomini R Weerasooriya – Founder/Editor www.satynmag.com.