Journalist Charnika presented with IWP’s Iconic Women award

Charnika Imbulana Munasinghe, a veteran Journalist, Consultant Editor Colombo Times.net and Columnist, Daily Financial Times was presented with the Iconic Women 2023 Award at the International Women Parliamentarian Conclave held at Hotel Samratin New Delhi recently.

The International Women Parliament (IWP) is an initiative of India’s Project 100. In an effort towards promoting women empowerment and gender equality, IWP’s appointed eminent Jury selected women leaders in this sphere from amongst the thousands of nominees received from around the world for the Iconic Women 2023 Award.

The Iconic Women Award for Journalism, Community and Social Welfare was presented to Charnika Imbulana Munasinghe by Dr. A. D. Sawant, Vice President of Project 100, a former Vice Chancellor, University of Rajasthan, former Pro Vice Chancellor Mumbai University and Joint Director Higher Education, Govt. of Mahrashtra, amidst a distinguished gathering that had several Heads of Foreign Missions in Delhi, also present. The Certificate of Award was presented to her by Sudeshna Parmar, US Space Camp Ambassador, U.S Space and Rocket Centre, Huntsville.

The Awardees were selected by an Independent eminent Jury panel comprising of Dr. Rinchen Chopel, Member UN CRC Committee, Director General SAIEVAC, Rashad Alkhader, Member UN Correspondence Association and of the International Federation of Journalists, Neelam Chopra, Former Deputy Secretary, University Grants Commission, India and Dr. Mangala Kohli, ex-member UN Education Committee, ex-ADG, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India.

Charnika Imbulana Munasinghe has a record of almost four decades in Media and her work on women’s welfare counts almost an equal number of years. She has held several key positions in the Print, Electronic and Broadcast media in Sri Lanka- as World News Editor of The Island newspapers and as International News Editor of Wijeya Group’s Daily Mirror, a columnist and Special Correspondent to the Lake House Newspapers and Daily Financial Times. She has presented and produced over 25 documentaries on National TV.