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The SCW was based on the National Council of Women in India, [5] which was an inspiration to the women at the meeting. [4] The Singapore Council of Women (SCW) was formally created on April 4, 1952. [6] [7] Fozdar served as the first secretary, [5] and Tan Cheng Hiong was the first president. [8]
The SCWO had its roots in the late 1970s, when activists began to feel a need for an umbrella organisation for women's groups in Singapore. [6] Caroline Lam was one of the first women to suggest creating such an organisation in 1978 and in November of that year, a meeting took place to consider different names. [7]
AWARE runs Singapore's only specialised hotline catered to women. The organisation's Helpline helps callers with a variety of concerns, and offers empathy, support, information and encouragement. [9] Clients may also make an appointment to speak to a counsellor or lawyer. These calls and cases are kept strictly confidential.
Women in Singapore, particularly those who have joined Singapore's workforce, are faced with balancing their traditional and modern-day roles in Singaporean society and economy. According to the book The Three Paradoxes: Working Women in Singapore written by Jean Lee S.K., Kathleen Campbell, and Audrey Chia, there are "three paradoxes ...
Recently, there have emerged a number of unconventional abbreviations, such as A*STAR for Agency for Science, Technology and Research.) When SAFTI (Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute) was reorganised in 1995, it acquired the name SAFTI Military Institute , further abbreviated as SAFTI MI , which when fully expanded would form a rather ...
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Women's sports clubs and teams in Singapore (1 C) Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Singapore" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Women's Charter 1961 is an Act of the Singaporean Parliament passed in 1961. The Act was designed to improve and protect the rights of women in Singapore and to guarantee greater legal equality for women in legally sanctioned relationships (except in the area of Muslims marriages, which are governed separately by the Administration of Muslim Law Act).