Welcome back to another episode of the WPAN podcast discussion series!
The Women's Policy Action Network is hosting its latest podcast discussion series, facilitated by the Advocata Institute, supported by the Kingdom of Netherlands. This discussion series delve into crucial topics including empowering women in the labor force via policy adjustments and labor laws, enhancing digital infrastructure, and advocating for social reform in Sri Lanka.
This episode features Nirmali Ameresekere (Researcher, Advocata Institute) and Dinali Peiris (Director - Group Human Resources, MAS Holdings). They discussed about the Women Go Beyond program at MAS, and its significant contributions to empowering women locally and globally. The discussion addresses garment worker rights and the importance of parental leave which includes both parental and maternal leave, for working women.