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Sri Lanka's only women-focused workplace awards. Apply for the next edition, browse the full archive of recipients and editorial reflection, see moments from the night, and read what years of nominations have taught us about how workplaces are actually changing for women.
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Applications for the next WFW Awards open ahead of each edition. Follow Satynmag or subscribe to the newsletter to be notified as soon as nominations open — this page will host the application form once it goes live.
We're preparing the application flow for the next edition — the same criteria the awards have always used: policies, safety, career progression, flexibility and workplace culture. In the meantime, the certification programme is open all year round and covers the same ground with structured assessment.
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Every recognised workplace, every recipient story, every editorial reflection on how Sri Lanka's corporate landscape has moved for women. Browse each edition and the workplaces that made them.
Latest from the awards
Women-Friendly Workplace From Representation to Results: How Janashakthi Life Enables Women to Lead and Excel A women-friendly workplace cannot be defined only by the policies it has introduced or the activities it conducts. Its true measure lies in whether women are able to join, perform, progress, lead and build sustainable careers within the organisation. Corporate…
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The conversation around women-friendly workplaces has changed considerably over the past few years. What once centred largely on policies and benefits has developed into a much broader discussion about opportunity, progression, leadership, safety, flexibility and whether women are genuinely able to build sustainable careers within the organisations they join. That changing conversation sits at the…
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Women’s Workplace · Inclusive Leadership Dialog Business Services —A Workplace Where Women Can Grow, Lead and Belong Hemaka Balasuriya, Chief of Dialog Business Services (Pvt) Ltd, on empowering women through culture, opportunity and inclusive leadership Dialog Business Services (Pvt) Ltd is a fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC, operating the Customer Interaction Centre, Retail…
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Women’s Empowerment · Sri Lanka’s Tea Industry At Eswaran — Together We Rise:Empowering Women at Every Level In the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea industry, a quiet revolution is unfolding as Eswaran Brothers leads a bold transformation from within, embarking on a journey of progress, inclusion, and people-centered excellence. Women’s Leadership Gender Inclusion Sri Lanka…
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A Strategic Opportunity for Sri Lankan Organizations to Lead in Gender Equity cms.satynmag.com/, Sri Lanka’s premier digital magazine for women, officially announces the opening of applications for the Satynmag Women Friendly Workplace (WFW) Awards 2026 Edition. Since its inception in 2021, the WFW Awards have served as a critical platform for Sri Lankan organizations to…
Read storySince its inception, the Satyn Women Friendly Workplace Awards has evolved into more than an annual recognition platform. Between 2021 and 2025, it has become a mirror reflecting how Sri Lankan workplaces are changing and where they still need to grow. As we prepare to open entries for 2026, it is worth pausing to look…
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Creating a women friendly workplace isn’t a tick box exercise. It’s a promise you need to work on day in and out.. At Hemas, the promise is clear: to build safe, supportive spaces where women can thrive, lead, and shape their own futures. It’s a journey the company is deliberately on. Guided by the UNGC-TGE Women’s…
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The awards, year by year — recipients, moments and the people who make the awards feel like the room women deserve. Fresh albums are shared to our Facebook page as each edition unfolds.
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Editorial reflection on what the awards have taught us about Sri Lanka's corporate culture — the categories that keep evolving, the recipients who set the pace, and the patterns worth acting on.
Nayomini Weerasooriya founded the Satynmag Women Friendly Workplace Awards to shift the conversation from marketing claims to measurable practice. Each edition is a chance to ask the same honest question: which workplaces let women grow, lead and belong — and what would it take for the rest to catch up.
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Recognition built around policies, safety, career progression, flexibility and workplace culture — not marketing.
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Common threads from HR leaders, founders and executives who are actively rebuilding their workplaces.
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The shifts our editors track across years of nominations — what is becoming normal, what is still rare.