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Friday Jun 12, 2026 Friday, 29 May 2026 05:30 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} By Safna Malik The Ceylon Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (CCWE), in partnership with Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), will host South Asia’s first fashion week dedicated exclusively to…

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Why it matters

The CCWE Fashion Week and International Summit 2026 will be held under the theme “Threads of Inclusion Woven Every Walk of Life” and is expected to bring together over 400 women entrepreneurs from all nine provinces, alongside designers, SMEs, investors,…

Common ground

HNB will serve as ‘Title Sponsor’, while the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia (ESCAP-SSWA) will act as ‘Knowledge Partner’.

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Claim 1: “The CCWE Fashion Week and International Summit 2026 will be held under the theme “Threads of Inclusion Woven Every Walk of Life””

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Three separate sources confirm the theme 'Threads of Inclusion Woven Every Walk of Life' (or slight variations like 'Woven from Every Walk of Life').

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... Pink Magazine 5th June 2026 - CCWE Fashion Week & International Summit 2026. Threads of Inclusion Woven from Every Walk of Life....
https://www.facebook.com/61564114114381/posts/pink-magazine-…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 ... Held under the theme 'Threads of Inclusion Woven from Every Walk of Life', the event is scheduled to take place from 16th to 20th July 2026 ...
https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260531/magazine/historic-launch-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 19, 2026 ... The CCWE Fashion Week and International Summit 2026 will be held under the theme “Threads of Inclusion Woven Every Walk of Life” and is expected ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYg25IjGT-K/

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Claim 2: “The Ceylon Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (CCWE), in partnership with Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), will host South Asia’s first fashion week dedicated exclusively to women entrepreneurs alongside an international summit from 16 to 19 July 2026 at Cinnamon Life, City of Dreams.”

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Multiple independent web sources (Instagram, news reports) confirm the CCWE and HNB are hosting South Asia's first fashion week for women entrepreneurs and an international summit from July 16-19, 2026, at Cinnamon Life, City of Dreams.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 19, 2026 ... Historic Launch of CCWE Fashion Week & International Summit 2026 Sri Lanka to Host First Ever Fashion Week Dedicated to Women Entrepreneurs in ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYg25IjGT-K/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 18, 2026 ... Sri Lanka to Host First Ever Fashion Week Dedicated to Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia ... summit from 16 to 19 July 2026 at Cinnamon Life, City ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYgjG1LCfA0/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2026 ... ... Week & International Summit 2026 at Cinnamon Life ... Sri Lanka to Host First Ever Fashion Week Dedicated to Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYUNgSXTgJr/

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Claim 3: “HNB will serve as ‘Title Sponsor’, while the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Subregional Office for South and South-West Asia (ESCAP-SSWA) will act as ‘Knowledge Partner’.”

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While the event is corroborated, only one specific web result explicitly mentions the United Nations ESCAP-SSWA as the 'Knowledge Partner'. The title sponsorship of HNB is implied by the partnership in other sources but not explicitly detailed as 'Title Sponsor' in multiple independent reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Ceylon Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs (CCWE) officially announced the CCWE Fashion Week & International Summit 2026.
https://www.lankabusinessnews.com/historic-launch-of-ccwe-fa…

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web search NEUTRAL — The response today is a testament to the incredible talent across Sri Lanka. CCWE Fashion Week 2026 will be a platform that transforms aspirations into opportunity.” Dr. Ayanthi Gurusinghe, President,…
https://eyeviewsrilanka.com/over-200-models-and-50-designers…

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web search NEUTRAL — The United Nations ESCAP-SSWA has joined the initiative as Knowledge Partner. Head and Director Mikiko Tanaka stated that the partnership reflects a shared commitment to improving access to finance, d…
https://srilankabiz.lk/ccwe-fashion-week-2026-draws-models-a…

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Claim 4: “CCWE currently functions as a consortium of chambers operating across all nine provinces with a membership base of nearly 10,000 entrepreneurs”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Sri Lanka and historical figures, which do not mention the CCWE's membership size or provincial structure.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kala Suri Barbara Sansoni (22 April 1928 – 23 April 2022) was a Sri Lankan designer, artist, colourist, entrepreneur, and writer. She was known for her works in architecture, textile designs, and hand…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Sansoni

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lady Evelyn Johanna Publina de Soysa OBE (née Fernando) (23 April 1893 – 28 July 1973) was the third female member of the Senate of Ceylon. Evelyn Johanna Publina Fernando was born 23 April 1893 in M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_de_Soysa

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sri Lankan diaspora are a population grouping consisting of people who can trace their ancestry to the lands that make up the current modern-day state of Sri Lanka but live elsewhere. As of the mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_diaspora

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Claim 5: “HNB currently serves nearly quarter million SME and microfinance enterprises across the country, with approximately 40% of those businesses led by women entrepreneurs.”

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The search results mention HNB and microfinance in general terms but do not provide the specific statistics regarding the 250,000 SMEs or the 40% women-led figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — The largest NGO in Sri Lanka—Sarvodaya Economic. Enterprises Development Services (SEEDS)— provides 5% of the total number of microloans, and has been ...
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/27542/mi…

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web search NEUTRAL — ... ABOUT HNB ASSURANCE GROUP. ABOUT THE REPORT. SCOPE AND BOUNDARY. This ... services Group in Sri Lanka. HNBA provides an extensive range of insurance ...
https://www.hnblife.lk/pdf/financial_reports/annual_reports/…

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web search NEUTRAL — formalisation of service provision, building the linkages and providing the services that allow the development and flow of small business activity. 4. The ...
https://www.findevgateway.org/sites/default/files/publicatio…

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Claim 6: “The Chamber remains the only women-focused chamber in Sri Lanka with both national representation and formal South Asian regional engagement”

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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant (discussing malware and adult websites), providing no information about the CCWE's status in Sri Lanka.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Women are often under-represented in the academic and professional fields of engineering; however, many women have contributed to the diverse fields of engineering historically and currently. A number…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_engineering

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web search NEUTRAL — Is PornHub really riddled with malware? I've been reading some claims about PornHub being riddled with malware. I tried to scan the site with VirusTotal, and it comes completely clean. Can somebody te…
https://www.reddit.com/r/antivirus/comments/1727peu/is_pornh…

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web search NEUTRAL — The RPM differs with different tube sites but I have found and stand by my word that Pornhub has the best rates. In my opinion Xhamster comes after Pornhub with XVideos being the worst of all time. Re…
https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/dwfe5m/how_mu…

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Claim 7: “the bank’s engagement... includes... 257 branch offices across every district and province”

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The evidence confirms HNB has a branch locator and operates in Sri Lanka, but does not explicitly verify the specific count of 257 branch offices.

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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to HNB Private Bank (HNB), we offer a wide range of online banking & on premise banking services across Sri Lanka catering to all your personal, ...
https://www.hnb.lk/branch-locator

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web search NEUTRAL — All financial information has been extracted from the audited financial ... Sri Lanka. The Code of Best Practice on Corporate. Governance issued jointly ...
https://www.hnblife.lk/pdf/financial_reports/annual_reports/…

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web search NEUTRAL — This document provides a list of bank and branch codes for Bank of Ceylon branches. It includes 23 pages listing over 770 branch codes and the corresponding ...
https://www.scribd.com/document/299373330/All-Bank-Branch-Co…

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Claim 8: “the Chamber’s involvement in the French Government-supported FAME project, which currently supports 1000 of women entrepreneurs across Sri Lanka”

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Multiple sources confirm the CCWE's involvement in the French Government-supported FAME project and its goal to support 1,000+ women entrepreneurs.

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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... ... CCWE #FAME #FON #AFD #SriLanka ... Ceylon Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs France Diplomatie Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Sri Lanka.
https://www.facebook.com/61564114114381/posts/commencement-o…

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web search NEUTRAL — FAME, Feminism: Action and Mobilisation for an Inclusive Economy, is a transformative project designed to empower over 1,000+ women across Sri Lanka while ...
https://ccwe.lk/FameEvent

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 ... Gurusinghe also highlighted the Chamber's involvement in the French Government-supported FAME project, which currently supports 1000 of women ...
https://www.ft.lk/business/CCWE-Fashion-Week-and-Internation…

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Claim 9: “the South Asian Women Leadership Summit and Business Excellence Awards platform, initiated in 2016”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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Claim 10: “the South Asian Women Leadership Summit and Business Excellence Awards would function as the first international division under the CCWE platform”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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