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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 ...
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]
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Singaporean This category exists only as a container for other categories of Singaporean women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
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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 executive committee of the SCW was very diverse in nature, featuring women of Chinese , Malay , Eurasian and European heritage. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Women's organisations based in Singapore" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
She advocated for the creation of a local Alliance of Women, the purpose of which would be to "urge women to use their rights and influence in public life," [16] and the establishment of a home for unmarried mothers. [17] Lobo served as the vice-president of the Singapore Council of Women. In 1957, the government appointed her as an official ...
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).