From Sri Lanka to Tanzania: the pioneering hotels run entirely by women

It took Jeewanthi Adhikari a decade to get the promotion she wanted working in the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. For years, she watched as men with less experience were promoted before her.

“Even if I got to interview,” says Adhikari, 42, “the interviewer would be judging me, asking if I might get married, or have children and then suggesting family commitments would take over.” Adhikari’s career finally advanced when she was appointed manager of Amba Yaalu, the first and only hotel with an all-female staff in Sri Lanka, which opened in January. She is part of an 84-strong team busting gender stereotypes in a country where less than 10% of the tourism workforce is female …..| read more on The Guardian