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“For me courage is not allowing unconscious biases hold you back. You need to have the courage to look within, dig deep and turn on the switch that makes you feel alive, irrespective of any invisible barriers around you. Use it to bring out the best version of yourself, and remember to always be comfortable in your own skin,”
Kasturi Chellaraja, Group CEO, HEMAS PLC. |
“We have lived through an unprecedented pandemic. When generations after us record the plague of 2020 they may observe that women leaders handled the paradigm shift best, and that fundamental human values mattered most. We have seen changes, many that will last beyond our time, lets hope they will make us stronger and more empathetic to our planet and its inhabitants,”
Angeline Ondaatje, |
Ritsu Nacken, |
“Don’t sit and wait till you are called to leadership! Many women miss their opportunity because they focus on their gender and not on their skills and competencies. In the same way, many men miss their opportunity to work with women because they look at her gender and not what she brings to the leadership. On this International Women’s Day we should look at ‘Leadership’ as a skill not inserting an adjective before the word ‘Leadership’. Happy International Women’s Day,”
Dr. Sulochana Segera, |
''Feminism isn't about making women strong. Women are already strong. It's about changing the way the world perceives that strength. Every woman's success should be an inspiration to another. We're strongest when we cheer each other on,”
Ramani Fernando, |
“My mantra is - be comfortable with being uncomfortable. My competition is only with myself, to be better today than I was yesterday, so my journey towards excellence involves taking incremental steps daily to be the best version of myself. My advice to all women (and men) is to believe in yourself, stay focused on perfecting your craft, be passionate, empathetic and helpful because what goes around comes around and you must want to multiply goodness and positivism!”
Sandra De Zoysa, |
Aruni Gunathilake, |
“Women as equal partners should be loved and protected. Sexual and gender-based violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture and social power structures in society. So, let's stand strongly together to face life and live it!”
Savithri Wijesekera, |
Tania Polonnowita Wettimuny, |
"I firmly believe women are better in times of uncertainty and stress. In these challenging times, we women must rise to the fore and fix this. Let us rise. Nothing or no one, be it culture, patriarchy or any construct should hold us back. We are the change-makers. We must build bridges of hope and networks of empowerment for other women. If every powerful woman enables a cohort of strong women in her wake, we can have a tsunami of change. Let’s do it. Let’s build those lifelines and those springboards,”
Shehara Parakrama De Silva, |