Citi Women’s Day celebrations spotlights the reality of wonder women in ‘Wonder Woman’

Citi Sri Lanka took a pioneering turn in celebrating International Women’s Day by inviting Mind Adventures’ to perform an original theater production, ‘Wonder Woman’, scripted and directed by celebrated theatre personality Tracy Holsinger. Citi Sri Lanka joined Citibankers from around the world to honour women in the forefront of progress and diversity under the theme ‘Connecting Women. Inspiring Change. Making Progress’, Citi Sri Lanka pushed the boundaries of theatre with Mind Adventures. Connecting women in ways that inspire change to foster progress both personally and professionally, the play ‘Wonder Woman’ used vignettes of past and present situations, conventions, traditions and stereotypes to get the message of the vital need for women’s empowerment across.

Tracy and her actors, Tracy Jayasinghe, Thanuja Jayawarene and Tehani Chitty used fairytales, marketing campaigns, media orientations and the social psyche to dispel myths that remain ingrained in society on women and their roles. The lighthearted social satire was used by the actors to emphasise stereotypes, biases and discrimination in various dynamics that continue to dampen the progress of women .

With 220 Citi IWD events taking place worldwide in the month of March engaging employees, clients and community partners across 130 cities in 90 countries, Managing Director, Citi Country Officer of Citi Sri Lanka, Ravin Basnayake said, “A growing number of Citi’s clients around the globe are women. Citi is well positioned to meet this demographic shift, with our own women making up over half of Citi’s workforce. 2015 marks Citi’s fifth global IWD Celebration. Citi has always championed women’s empowerment and we believe strongly that companies, industries, communities and nations benefit immensely from optimizing the strength, knowledge, skill and talent that women have in multi-dimensional areas.”

Concluding a highly celebrated evening for Citi Sri Lanka, the audience joined the cast in singing and dancing to the song Brave by Sara Bareilles, reiterating the motto of ‘Connecting Women. Inspiring Change. Making Progress’ through its strong lyrics and catchy music.