We Sri Lanka – “Unlocking Women’s Ingenuity for the Advancement and Wellbeing of Humanity” on Saturday, 15th March, 1-6pm at Imperial College London.

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Marking International Women’s Day 2025 and the 15th anniversary of the WE SRI LANKA programme, the Association of Professional Sri Lankans (APSL) UK in partnership with Sri Lankan Societies at UCL, Imperial College London, Queen Mary’s London, and Kingston, Brunel and Cardiff universities convened WE SRI LANKA 2025 under the theme “Unlocking Women’s Ingenuity for the Advancement and Wellbeing of Humanity” on Saturday, 15th March, 1-6pm at Imperial College London.
APSL’s WE SRI LANKA programme was launched to forge stronger bonds between different communities within the Sri Lankan diaspora, as well as support post-conflict re-building and relief work in Sri Lanka. More recently, the WE SRI LANKA TALKS Series was launched to build thought leadership and promote awareness on the ESG themes of Sustainability, Inclusivity and Governance.
WE SRI LANKA 2025 featured very informative and topical talks from, 
  • Dr Radhika Coomaraswamy, former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, and former Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka
  • Professor Maheshi Ramasamy of the Oxford Vaccine Group that pioneered the development of the vaccine against Covid-19, and
  • Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, former President of the British Medical Association as the main speakers.
A panel discussion on the theme “Ingenuity into Action: Leading the charge on women’s empowerment” was also held where accomplished women from fields such as architecture, business, consulting, economic policy, education, hospitality, information technology, medicine and responsible sourcing spoke about how they successfully navigated gender-based challenges as well as seized upon opportunities to achieve their career and family related aspirations.
A celebration of Sri Lankan culture through performances of Kandyan and Bharatha Natyam dancing also added colour,  rhythm and musical variety to the occasion.
Please contact Don Gihantha Jayasinghe, WE SRI LANKA Programme Lead and APSL Vice President for more information on wesrilanka@apsl.org.uk