MAS Holdings rewards women

MAS Holdings, the "Women Go Beyond" empowering women program was initiated in November 2003.

Pic: by Saman Sri Wedage

MAS Holdings is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and is held as a global benchmark for initiatives championing the cause of women's empowerment under its flagship CSR initiative - Women Go Beyond.

This program covers four main aspects: supporting career advancement, work life balance, skills development and rewarding excellence.

The program has been set up to recognise and reward women at MAS who have overcome challenges to achieve excellence and provide inspiration to others.

These women are then supported and developed as role models and ambassadors for progressive empowerment.

The "Women Go Beyond" program is about recognising and rewarding exceptional women and guiding them to achieve a balance in their work life as well as personal life. By empowering these employees MAS Holdings aims at inspiring women with courage to break free from the chains of limitations that have traditionally kept them suppressed to see their inner beauty and power.

It also concentrates on career enhancement and strengthening their work-life balance. MAS Holdings Chairman Mahesh Amalean, said "Respect, equal opportunities for women is part of the success story behind MAS, we firmly believed in empowering our female staff to support and raise their lives, we set as example to others in the apparel sector as well as the private sector being a leader in ethical business practices".

The 33 empowered women of MAS Holdings receive awards at a ceremony held recently for their outstanding achievements.