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SCWO Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
This celebration was initially scheduled to be held in March 2020 and was postponed twice due to the Covid Situation. SCWO was finally able to celebrate its 40th Anniversary on Saturday, 27 March 2021 with a hybrid (virtual-physical) event. We were very happy that we were able to celebrate this very special day with Members, Friends and Supporters who joined us virtually. The physical event was a private dinner that took place at Shang Palace Restaurant at the Shangrila Hotel. Present were Past Presidents of SCWO and the SCWO Board. We were also honoured to have our special guests, Minister for Manpower Mrs Josephine Teo and Minister of State Ms…
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SCWO Has Inducted 7 Amazing Women into the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame
The 7th annual Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was this year held at the Istana on 8 March in commemoration of International Women’s Day. The Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame inducted seven outstanding women from five different fields into its ranks. The honourees for 2021 are: Ida Mabel Murray Simmons, a pioneering public health nurse who transformed infant and maternal health care in rural Singapore between 1927 and 1948. Mae Noeline Oehlers, an outstanding sportswoman and educator who was a star hockey player in the 1930s and later the first Singaporean Principal of Raffles Girls’ School. Kwan Shan Mei, a pioneering illustrator who illustrated the readers and textbooks…
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Presidents’ Forum 2021
The Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations held their biannual President’s Forum on the 27th of February 2021. The event was held virtually via Zoom due to current COVID-19 restrictions and we had 29 member organisations present with a total of over 60 people in attendance. The session was started by SCWO President Ms Junie Foo who welcomed everyone and shared the SCWO’s plans for the year 2021. Following that, we also had 9 member organisations share their own plans for the year 2021. This year, the event was held in conjunction with an Introduction to Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). This was to…
