Celebrating International Women’s Day, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group is partnering with the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) for the sixth consecutive year to ‘Ring the Bell for Gender Equality.’ The annual global event highlights how women’s participation in the economy can spur sustainable private sector development.
A special bell ringing ceremony will be organized tomorrow (08th) from 10.30 am to 11.00 am to mark the significance of the day and the event will be fully live streamed on our official Facebook and YouTube Channels. Chairman of CSE Mr. Dumith Fernando , Corporate Governance Officer of IFC Ms. Lopa Rahman, Chairperson of Sri Lanka Insititute of Directors(SLID), Mr Rasakantha Rasaiah, High Commissioner of Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka, His Excellency David Holly and Executive Director Group CEO of Hemas Holdings PLC, Ms. Kasturi Chellaraja Wilson will address the audience at the event.
We deeply regret that we are unable to invite the media to participate at this event and cover the proceeding considering the guidelines issued by health authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
If you do intend on covering the event proceedings, you can join the event online by clicking on this link https://youtu.be/C7LmtaFinNk