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Find your own Everest and Climb it
Did you know that one of the first women to summit Mount Everest started her journey with a fear of heights? As impossible as that sounds, Lee Peh Gee, Team Member of the Singapore Women’s Everest Team (SWET) pushed on and challenged herself to overcome her fears. After her 5 year journey of climbing Everest, she summited and became part of the first Singaporean women’s team to scale Mount Everest. It is through the sharing of inspiring stories such as this that the Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame (SWHF) seeks to inspire younger Singaporeans to similarly dare to dream. In conjunction with International Women’s Day, Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School…
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Through the Eyes of an Intern: Celebrating International Women’s Day and the 2017 Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
CONTRIBUTED BY CLARA LIM It was an honour for me to be able to be part of the team behind the 4th Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame (SWHF) induction ceremony and International Women’s Day gala dinner, held on the 24th March 2017. As an intern at Singapore Council of Women’s Organisation under SWHF, I saw the hard work the team put into preparing for this event and was totally awed by how it was so well put together into such a brilliant night. The ballroom was filled with immense vibrancy as guests arrived dressed in beautiful gowns and various traditional clothings. It was a special evening to once again…
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Re-Embrace Your Pre-Loved Jewellery for a Good Cause
A lot of us have accessories and jewellery that we have used a couple of times and are now just lying around in our closet. Embrace Jewellery, a home-grown, multi-brand jewellery store, is encouraging people to donate their pre-loved accessories and jewellery to our New2U Thrift Shop, instead of throwing them out. On top of that, one can receive a of $5 gift voucher, that is redeemable for the purchase of accessories and jewellery at any of their stores island wide. What a great way to encourage the spirit of giving. Shareen Wong, Founder of Embrace Jewellery, shared, “We’ve all heard of donation drives for pre-loved clothes or toys but…
