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Satyn is an English Language Sri Lankan, monthly women's lifestyle magazine, that focuses on women's entrepreneurship, beauty, health, and fashion, first published in December 1998. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was in print from 1998 to 2007, following which Satyn went completely online.
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.
Ramani Fernando is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and a pioneer in the country's hair and beauty industry. Recognised as one of Sri Lanka’s most prominent female entrepreneurs, she has been in business since 1975. [1]
Anoka Primrose Pelpola Abeyrathne (Sinhala: අනෝකා අබේරත්න), also known as Anoka Abeyratne, is a Sri Lankan conservationist, award-winning social entrepreneur, [1] [2] acclaimed speaker [3] and activist on sustainable development issues including gender, who served as the Asia-Pacific representative to United Nation Habitat YAB.
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 ]
She also won the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in gold category in 1997 from the Women's Chamber of Industry and Commerce. [28] She was conferred with a Kala Suri from the Government of Sri Lanka in 2005 during the 2005 Sri Lankan national honours in recognition of her special contributions to the development of the arts.
Nushelle de Silva was born in Australia and lived there until the age of seven. During her childhood in Australia, she was subject to racial abuse. [1] Her family moved to Sri Lanka, when she was seven, where she continued her education at the Ladies' College in Colombo.
Sri Lanka portal This category is for articles about women in business from the Asian country of Sri Lanka . This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Sri Lankan businesspeople .