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Which is aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka through knowledge sharing, and expert advice. Opening doors to Sri Lankan women owned businesses to regional marketplaces while enabling women entrepreneurs of both India and Sri Lanka to network and collaborate on projects of mutual benefit. [5] [1]
Otara Del Gunawardene was born on 30 August 1964 in Colombo, Sri Lanka the third child to Norman and Delysia Gunewardene. [4] Her father was a former Chairman of Aitken Spence and her mother, Delysia, established the Chitra Lane School for differently-abled children.
The Bronze Award for the Large Business Category by the Women's Chamber of Industry & Commerce at the Year 2000 Women Entrepreneurs of the Year Award Ceremony. [ 9 ] KOTRA Plaque of Appreciation -- 2005 for forging strategic foreign economic ties between Korea & Sri Lanka presented by Mr. Young Kyo, president and CEO of the Korea Trade ...
The company started when Otara Gunewardene began selling factory surplus garments and apparel from her car boot to family and friends in 1989. [5] [6] [7]Gunewardene registered Odel (the name is based on her own name, Otara Del Gunawardene [5]) as a private limited liability company on 31 October 1990 [7] [8] and the company opened its first 37 m 2 (400 sq ft) store on Dickmans Road in Colombo.
Women in Sri Lanka make up to 52.09% of the population according to the 2012 census of Sri Lanka. [7] Sri Lankan women have contributed greatly to the country's development, in many areas. Historically, a masculine bias has dominated Sri Lankan culture , although woman have been allowed to vote in elections since 1931 . [ 8 ]
Premala Sivaprakasapillai née Sivasegaram (born 22 April 1942) is a Sri Lankan engineer.She is the country’s first female engineer and the first female civil engineer. [1] [2] She is also one of the prominent members of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka.
Women's rights in Sri Lanka (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "History of women in Sri Lanka" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
In March 2019, she was named as one of the most influential women, and among women change-makers in Sri Lanka, by the Parliament of Sri Lanka coinciding with International Women's Day. [21] [22] [23] In August 2019, she was one of the 66 recipients to receive national honors for 2019 from the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. [24] [25]