“Without the Chartered process, I would have struggled to manage such large-scale change”
Written by Caroline Roberts Friday 26 July 2024
In Sri Lanka, there’s still a long road to travel to reach true equality, says Dr Thesara Jayawardane CMgr FCMI. Although women are well represented in academia, progress in many other sectors is slow.
In 1960, Sri Lanka became the first country in the world to elect a female prime minister. But currently only 5% of parliamentarians are women.
“That’s really sad,” says Thesara. “You can ask for equality, but you need women in powerful roles to push for those changes for you.”
As former head of the Department of Industrial Management at the University of Moratuwa, and holder of a BSc in engineering, a PhD in women’s entrepreneurship and two law degrees, Thesara is certainly an inspirational role model for Sri Lanka’s girls and women.
Read on: why Thesara chose to pursue Chartered status
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