‘Withered Lily’ has received first place in the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations annual In Her Stride event. We were honoured to have Minister of State for the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social and Family Development, Ms Sun Xueling, as the Guest of Honour on the day alongside our judges – Ms Junie Foo, Mr Alvin Goh, Ms Smiti Suri & Ms Christine Goh. The SCWO held their annual In Her Stride event, titled In Her Stride: Change the Lens, on Tuesday, 30 November 2021. This year saw it taking the form of a short video competition, which was open to tertiary level students from local educational institutions.…

On 17th November, SCWO hosted entrepreneurs Bernadette Giam from Creative Eateries and Pek Lay Peng from SocietyA, along with President Junie Foo at a panel discussion, moderated by Eunice Olsen. The discussion was held in conjunction with SCWO’s inaugural fundraising campaign, Gift of Giving, where 6 women entrepreneurs came forward to pledge a percentage of their profits and revenue to SCWO. Creative Eateries and SocietyA were two of the six retailers participating in the campaign. Streamed on both Zoom and Facebook, the event was attended by many long-time supporters of SCWO, who showed their enthusiasm to contribute to the campaign. The discussion focused on how women entrepreneurs can grow their…

The SCWO has launched its inaugural Gift of Giving Campaign. For the duration of this campaign, the SCWO will be working with six women entrepreneurs who have agreed to donate a percentage of their sales during the month of November to the SCWO and its initiatives. This means that a percentage of the amount spent by shoppers during the month of November will go towards supporting the SCWO. Alongside supporting the SCWO, patrons who shop at these stores during the campaign period will also be supporting these women-owned, locally run businesses. The money raised throughout the month of November will fund the SCWO and all its services that provide support…