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SCWO at the 7th Working Session of the United Nations Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing
SCWO recently attended the Seventh Working Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA), 12-15 December 2016 at UN Headquarters in New York, represented by Vice Presidents, Ms Ho Shiong Yee (1st VP) and Ms Hazlina Amran-Halim (2nd VP). The OEWGA was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010 for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older people. The working group will continue to consider the existing international framework of human rights of older persons and identify possible gaps and how best to address them. At the session, SCWO highlighted the importance of bearing in mind the needs of…
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SCWO at the 32th Human Rights Council session in Geneva
24 June 2016, Geneva – SCWO’s (then) President, Malathi Das, delivered the following statement championing the need for social protection of ageing women at the 32nd Human Rights Council (HRC) session in Geneva, which considered and adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report for Singapore. This was Singapore’s second review under the UPR. Thank you, Mr Vice-President. I represent the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO), which is the national coordinating council of 60 women’s organisations in Singapore. We acknowledge the Singapore Government’s engagement, with SCWO and with civil society during the UPR process and its commitment and support of recommendations with respect to an ageing society, rights of women…
