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Indonesia’s Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection visits SCWO
SCWO is honoured to host a visit by Indonesia’s Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (MoWECP), Ibu Gusti Ayu Bintang, and her delegation on 8 November 2022. As Indonesia’s 2023 Budget aims to focus on empowering survivors to recover from their trauma, the Ministry – in partnership with stakeholders such as local organisations and private sectors – plan to establish a safehouse similar to Star Shelter to better protect women and children who suffer from violence. As such, the delegation looked forward to visiting Star Shelter to learn more about how SCWO protects vulnerable women and handle cases of family violence in Singapore. We are proud and happy to…
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International Women’s Forum South Africa visits SCWO
Wednesday, 5 October 2022 – SCWO had the honour of hosting a visit from the International Women’s Forum South Africa (IWFSA), led by Duke Corporation Education Africa for their Women in Leadership Programme’s Immersion Trip. The ladies in this leadership retreat to Singapore are holding senior management positions in the government sector, private finance and services sectors, as well as audit and consultancy firms. The event started with an introduction of SCWO and IWFSA, followed by sharing on BoardAgenderby Chairperson Georgette Tan. This prompted a casual discussion led by Junie Foo, SCWO’s Board President and Georgette. The delegation was interested to understand how SCWO operates and how Singapore Government plays…
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APT Women Sg Dispatch Programme
SCWO had the pleasure of co-hosting a networking and mentoring session with Deloitte Japan, for the Tokyo delegates from the Acceleration Programme in Tokyo for Women (APT Women) on 9 January 2020. The APT, supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, aims to build a sustainable structure to support Japanese women entrepreneurs through a global network. Through this programme, these women can collaborate with organisations and mentors both locally and globally and be equipped with the skills for international expansion. This networking and mentoring session at SCWO was part of their overseas dispatch portion of the programme to Singapore. We had 5 amazing mentors – Dr Ann Tan,an obstetrician and gynaecologist…
