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[Commentary] SCWO Supports Flexible Working Arrangements for Staff
By Denise Balhetchet, SCWO Secretariat Head My name is Denise and I lead the Secretariat team at SCWO. This year, my husband and I welcomed our first child, Isabella, in April. It’s been an exciting, fulfilling and at times, overwhelming journey thus far. Returning to work after maternity leave involved a number of challenges, including the usual childcare logistics. Personally, the greatest challenge was feeling like I would have to miss out on key milestones that she might go through while I was at work. Thankfully, I was given the opportunity to stretch out the last half of my maternity leave on a flexible part time basis, allowing me to…
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SCWO Holds Second Session of their Members Tea Talk Series
This year SCWO started organizing Tea Talk sessions – a casual networking event for our members to connect and collaborate with us and amongst themselves. These sessions serve as a way for all our members to get to know each other and the work they do. It also encourages the various women’s organisations to work with each other. After a successful inaugural event in April 2021, we held our second session on Friday, 27th August. Representatives from industry-specific business and professional members organisations were invited to join us at SCWO. The participating organisations were: Association of Women Doctors (Singapore) Inner Wheel Club of Singapore (Central) Shell Singapore- Network of Women…
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[Commentary] How Covid-19 has Influenced my Decision to Have Children
Commentary by Pek Lay Peng, SCWO Board Member I always knew I wanted to have children but I never expected to have four. Back in my 20s, the idea of building my own family always appealed. I had an inkling of what it might possibly be like but work and social pressures meant that I could not really devote any significant amount of time contemplating the gravity and weight of responsibility that came with it. So, as with everything else that did not seem urgent then, I packed it away neatly in my box of ill-developed plans and left it to collect dust in the deep recesses of my mind.…
