WiLAT SL partners Maersk Lanka ‘Back to work (B2W)’ initiative towards women empowerment

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Maersk Line has initiated ‘Back2Work (B2W)’, a career transition program for women who have taken a career break of more than six months and wish to re-enter the professional work space.

WiLAT SL Chairperson Dhashma Karunaratne presenting the WiLAT Annual Report to Maersk Sri Lanka Country Head Zeeshan Mukhi, along with Secretary Amra Zareer (left) Vice Chairperson Membership Services Niroza Gazzali (right)

After a successful round of discussions with Maersk Sri Lanka Country Head Zeeshan Mukhi and Regional HR Team of Maersk; WiLAT SL and Maersk Sri Lanka agreed to partner on this great initiative to empower women.

Speaking of this partnership, WiLAT Sri Lanka Chairperson Dhashma Karunaratne commended the B2W program of Maersk Group, which is designed with value drivers such as flexi-hours, refresher courses, mentoring, fair pay that enables women to overcome the hurdles that prevent them from re-entering the corporate world.

WiLAT SL is indeed encouraged by such initiatives that are developed with the underlying core belief that gender diverse organisations surge in creativity, innovation and growth; resulting in sustainable growth.