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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 scope of SCWO is broad and encompasses diverse women's groups and viewpoints. [2] Other things that SCWO is involved in includes providing workshops and training. [1] It runs a thrift store, opened in 2000, called New2U. [3] SCWO also celebrates International Women's Day and has created the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. [4] [5]
Shirin Fozdar (1905–1992) was a women's rights activist. Born in India, she worked on women's rights and welfare issues in her native country in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1950 she and her husband moved to Singapore to help spread the BaháΚΌí Faith.
Singaporean women's rights activists (13 P) V. ... Pages in category "Women's rights in Singapore" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Julie Tan Eng Poh (1930 – June 17, 1995) was a women's rights activist in Singapore who served as the founding president of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations. Biography. Julie Tan was born in 1930 and was trained as a lawyer. She is known for her role as a leading women's rights activist in Singapore.
The Singapore Council of Women (SCW) was an organization based in Singapore. The group advocated for women's rights and was especially vocal on issues relating to women and marriage. The SCW also made sure it had a good relationship with the media, and wrote often to newspapers about women's issues. SCW lectured on women's rights in various ...
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).
In 1964, Siraj founded the Muslim Women's Welfare Council, which provided women with legal and medical advice, as well as charitable aid. [3] [4] [6] In 2014, Khatijun Nissa Siraj was recognized for her social and advocacy work by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations, which inducted Siraj into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. [6]