Directory of Women's Group (singapore) - SCWO

Advocacy

Association of Women for Action & Research

AWARE is Singapore’s first and currently the only advocacy group dedicated to promoting gender equality and understanding. Since its inception in November 1985, AWARE has sought to bring women’s perspective to national issues and focused on three areas: Support, Research and Advocacy. We believe that gains made by women are not gains made at the expense of men. Rather, they are gains which benefit society as a whole. Aware is a not-for-profit non-government organization and is funded solely by donations and member subscriptions.

http://www.aware.org.sg

Society Against Family Violence (SAFV)

To prevent and reduce of the incidence of family violence in Singapore To encourage the setting-up of and provide direct therapeutic services for victims of violence. To encourage the provision of and provide for direct rehabilitative services for perpetrators of violence. www.safv.com.sg
The National Committee for UNIFEM, Singapore UNIFEM focuses its work at the country level within the context of the United Nations Resident Coordinator System. Playing a strong advocacy role, the Fund concentrates on fostering a multilateral policy dialogue on women's empowerment. www.unifem.org
ARTS Magdalena (Singapore) Magdalena (Singapore) comprises a group of local arts practitioners that aims to promote learning and networking amongst women in the creative arts. Its formation has been inspired by the international network, the Magdalena Project. Magdalena (Singapore) aims to: ● Encourage and promote the work of women in the creative arts, particularly in the performing arts; ● Provide opportunities for women to practise their craft, showcase their own work and experiment with different forms/disciplines; ● Enable women to come together to share and learn from one another; ● Encourage dialogue between artists and the community through community and educational outreach programmes; ● Facilitate the networking of women artists, not only within Singapore, but also with women artists in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world. www.magdalenasingapore.org Friends of SCWO Tsao Foundation http://www.tsaofoundation.org Network of Women (Shell Eastern PetroleumPte Ltd) Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SNCF) www.sncf.org.sg Business & Professional The Association of Small & Medium Enterprise - Women's Entreprenuer Chapter D.E.W. Credit Co-operative Limited (DEW) Financial Women’s Association (Singapore) (FWA) Primetime Business & Professional Women's Association Singapore Association of Administrative Professionals (SAAP) Singapore Association of Social Workers (SASW) Singapore Association of Women's Lawyers (SAWL) Singapore Business & Professional Women's Association (SBPWA) Singapore Business & Professional Women's Association-Mandarin Chapter (SBPWA-MC) Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Women’s Indian Network (SICCI-WIN) Community Asian Women's Welfare Association (AWWA) Bahai Office for the Advancement of Women (Singapore) BOAW Majlis Pusat (Central Council of Malay Cultural Organizations Singapore) Women's Society of Christian Service General Conference (GC WSCS) People's Association Women Integration Network Council (PA WIN) Young Women's Christian Association Singapore (YWCA) Young Women's Muslim Association (YWMA) Singapore Khalsa Association International Women's Group American Women's Association of Singapore (AWAS) Australia & New Zealand Association (ANZA) British Association of Singapore - Ladies Group Filipino Ladies Group (Singapore) (FLAG) Indian Women's Association (IWA) Sports Netball Singapore Netball Singapore has progressed dramatically since it commenced in 1962 with 23 registered clubs. It has emerged from being an amateur sport run by volunteer management who relied on grants and donations, to becoming a professionally run NSA with eight full-time specialist staff and which generates a proportion of its expenditure through revenue generation and sponsorship. The Association is the National body for netball in Singapore. It supports 45 clubs - most of which have multiple teams, 102 Associate members, 11 Life Members and 101 Junior members. The biggest women's sport in Singapore Hosting netball competitions Oversees the development of the game in Singapore Organizes league tournaments and carnivals for both club and school teams http://www.netball.org.sg Service CLubs Chinese Women's Association (CWA) Inner Wheel Club of Singapore Inner Wheel Club of Singapore East Inner Wheel Club of Singapore West Kamala Club Soroptimist International of Singapore Singapore Women's Association (SWA) Service Networks Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group BMSG(S) Crescent Girls School Alumnae Association (CGSA) Endometriosis Association (Singapore) International Women's Forum Singapore (IWF) Wicare Support Group Zonta Club of Singapore Soroptimist International of Singapore (Garden City)

Upcoming - International Women's Day

International Women's Day 07 - Revitalise* A Moment in Time

Event link>>http://www.scwo.org.sg/cms/content/view/258/2/

Photo contest blog: http://scwoiwd2007.blogspot.com
"Find the best shots of your female friend or family member when she's engaged in any traditional activities and enter them into the Revitalise* A Moment in Time Photo Contest for International Women's Day 2007. Whether your photos are of a single subject or of multiple subjects; they can be entered into the contest. Let your creative impulses interpret the theme of women and traditions! Twenty best entries will also be enlarged and showcased on IWD 2007 Revitalise* A Moment in Time Carnival at the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) Centre on March 10, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Revitalise* A Moment in Time Carnival will include health talks, mass exercises, traditional activities, food, music and more. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Carnival

Join SCWO as she commemorates the annual International Women's Day on 10 March 07 in a family carnival that promises to revitalise the modern women with traditional wisdom.

• Date: Sat, 10 Mar 07
• Time: 9.00am to 6.00pm
• Venue: SCWO Centre, 96 Waterloo Street Singapore 187967
• Admission: $2 - single ticket and $5 - family of five (Ticket exchangeable for goodies)
• Dresscode: Ethnic (Best dressed stands to win attractive prizes)

Many exciting activites, talks and different forms of exercises awaits you at Revitalise* A Moment in Time!

Learn how to Destress the TCM Way and Tips on How to Manage Menopause from the TCM doctors. Find out the Right Way to Maintain a Healthy Weight, Financial Awareness, Tips on Quit Smoking and Makeup Techniques to Looking Fresh in our 'Feeling Fabulous' talks.

Walk down memory lane with All-time Generation Desserts, Granny's Achar, traditional Nasi Kerabu, Eurasian Delights and Chocolate Mashmallows to name a few. There will be unique Handicrafts and Products on Wellness for sale too.

Put on your dancing shoes and learn the basic moves of Salsa Dancing, work it out and have fun with our Bhangraerobics instructors and learn a new form of yoga - Chair Yoga that is easy on the limbs.

All happening at the SCWO Centre this 10 March! Hesitate no more and call us tel. 6837 0611 to pre-book tickets for yourself and family now.

CSR Asia

Women in the workplace

http://www.csr-asia.com/index.php?p=9206

Yesterday’s CSR Wednesday Briefing (I know it was Monday!) was covered by Channel News Asia. As reported, one aspect of the talk covered the fact that as there isn’t any equal opportunities legislation in Singapore it is even more important for companies to implement policies that do not discriminate against women. It was a great briefing, Tan Joo Hymn, President of AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) provided the key details of the challenges facing working women in Singapore today and then the Managing Director of Citigroup Private Bank, Tan Su Shan gave an inspirational talk about the challenges met and tackled in her career and the diversity policies at Citigroup. More in this weeks CSR Asia Weekly

AWARE calls on businesses to do more to support working women
By Julia Ng, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 26 February 2007 2257 hrs

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/260759/1/.html

SINGAPORE : The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) has called on the corporate world to do more to support working women.

It believes companies will benefit if they do so.

The call was made at a Corporate Social Responsibility Asia talk held ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8.

The main theme of the session - women in the workplace.

According to AWARE, since Singapore does not have equal opportunities legislation, it is even more important for companies to implement policies that do not discriminate against women.

One example of corporate social responsibility - affirmative policies on recruitment, promotion and retaining female employees who are starting a family.

"Of the women who contacted AWARE, some of problems included having their job scope and responsibilities changed while they were pregnant, employers finding fault with them, they had a pay cut, and some were dismissed outright," said Tan Joo Hymn, president of AWARE.

"While the government is trying to raise the fertility rate, I think there needs to be a corresponding policy within the corporate circles to ensure that pregnant women are not discriminated against." - CNA /ls

Women's Register

Intiative by SCWO
http://www.womensregister.org
It is administered by the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations to assist in increasing the number of women in leadership positions in Singapore and serves to identify women who are interested in serving in government or business sector Boards, Authorities and Committees.

It serves as an online database containing details of women in Singapore who are interested in representation on Boards or Committees.

This can lead to enormous personal and professional benefits and rewards and help you make a difference to the community while gaining new experience, enhancing existing skills and enabling greater networking opportunities.

Women's Register works as an information depository for interested women who are interested in appointments to specific business or community sectors, public speaking or mentoring support to females. Your name, experience and areas of interest will be made available to individual or corporate members who will search and match their needs.

Diary of the Women

There are no stage directions in Sarah Kane's Crave and the characters are simply called A, B, C and M. A is an abuser, B is an addict, M the maternal figure, C is a timid, tortured child. All four are deeply traumatised by life, lives which the characters find they have no control over.

It is slightly reminiscent of the tale of the old Hokkien woman, who leaves her her house looking for her cat in a world that has alienated her, a world run by her English / Mandarin-educated children. Kuo Pao Kun's famous 1988 play Mama Looking For Her Cat takes a long hard look at progress-obsessed Singapore, which has forgotten the traditional, the old and the simple.

In 1999, aged 28, Sarah Kane committed suicide. Today she is acknowledged as a major figure in British theatre, whose highly influential work is widely performed in Europe. Her themes of redemptive love, sexual desire, cruelty, pain and death, are treated with poetic intensity, pared-down language, experimental theatrical form and violence - but Crave is considered her most mature and calm play.

Today, the name Kuo Pao Kun (1939 � 2002) is synonymous with pioneering Singapore theatre, and his Mama Looking For Her Cat remains as powerful, as relevant and as emotionally hard-hitting as ever.

gatecrash event link (to book tix)

detailed info

SYNOPSIS:

Kuo Pao Kun: Mama Looking for Her Cat
Sarah Kane: Crave

Two women, both so strong and yet so weak, grace our stage on the same day. First, Kuo Pao Kun’s eternal Mama, still searching for her cat, fights all efforts (mostly unintended) to crush her identity. In this ‘fight’, she displays enormous strength despite her apparent inability to express that strength. Then Sarah Kane, exploding words and scattering energy, shares her pain with such excruciating eloquence. But does she fight off her demons with equal ease?

Come experience these women’s journeys through life and victory...

The Playwrights
Kuo Pao Kun (1939 - 2002) dominated Singapore theatre for two decades, and continues to exert a significant influence. He can be credited with much, but was surely instrumental to bringing about multilingual theatre in Singapore, and in the process, creating a seminal work like Mama Looking for Her Cat.

Sarah Kane (1971 - 1999) wrote about redemptive love, sexual desire, cruelty, pain, torture – psychological and physical – and death. Her plays are characterised by poetic intensity, pared-down language, bold exploration of form and, in her earlier work, extreme and violent stage action. She was inspired by expressionist theatre and other non-naturalistic forms, including Jacobean tragedy. Her work is thus different from the tendencies of much of 20th Century English theatre.

Director Noor Effendy Ibrahim
Noor Effendy Ibrahim is an interdisciplinary artist now pursuing his MA in Contemporary Practice at NAFA. In the second ‘A’ Levels Theatre Studies and Drama (1990/91) cohort at Victoria Junior College, he went on to get a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2000). Effendy has written and directed plays for Malay Theatre since 1991, and was the artistic director and producer of Teater Ekamatra from 2001 to 2006. Effendy crossed into performance art in 1994 and has since created solo and collaborative performances in Singapore, USA, Malaysia, Poland, India, Indonesia and Thailand. Effendy has also performed with Teater Kami, Teater Ekamatra, Cake Theatre and Spell#7. He was a member of the Singapore National Arts Council Board from 2004 to 2006, and is currently an Associate Artist with the Substation. He also teaches drama at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) School of Performing Arts.