AIA launches ‘Ignite’- a female empowerment initiative

Gender parity in the work place is a widely discussed topic contemporarily, with much conversation brewing on the ‘glass ceiling’ and ‘shortage of women at work and leadership.’

Sharing her views on this often talked about topic, AIA’s Director Human Resources, Chathuri Munaweera noted “women leaders are present everywhere, whether it be leading large scale Fortune 500 organisations or being a loving wife, caring daughter, supportive sister, or a mother in guiding and protecting the family circle.”

A conducive work environment at AIA, for women to join, stay and grow has been cultivated at AIA, she stated, noting that a significant percent- age of AIA’s employees are females.

“AIA’s next phase is about developing our talent pool of women to become tomorrow’s leaders. “Ignite – Empowering You” is a programme series that enables our female staff to excel at what they do and reach positions of leadership at all levels, so they can achieve career growth and development, balancing ‘home’ and ‘career’. AIA as an organisation will walk the talk with diversity at its core and have a healthy balance of female power with our next generation of leaders, now beginning to take leadership positions across the Company at different levels, whether internally promoted or externally recruited.”