Inspiring Girls Singapore partnered with Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) to organise an outreach session for the students of CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent. Inspiring Girls Country Chair and SCWO Board Member Jacqueline Chua opened the session. Thereafter, staff from ADM shared about their careers as flavourists and conducted hands-on tasting and smelling experiments to show the students what their job entails. The students thoroughly enjoyed this interactive session and we hope that they are now inspired to explore a career in this interesting field!

On December 16 2020, the SCWO held the second session of their Conversations on Women’s Development. This session was the second in a series of dialogue and engagement sessions aimed at identifying and resolving issues concerning women in Singapore. During this session, the participants – many of whom are members of our own member organisations – focused on issues within two key areas: the workplace and the community. The session served to highlight areas of concern within those two categories as well as measures that could be taken to solve them. It was a fruitful session, and many important points were brought up and discussed. Also in attendance was Parliamentary…

With the ongoing COVID-19 situation, New2U was unable to hold our much-anticipated Bi-annual Bazaar in 2020. In place of it, a week-long Year End Clearance was held from 5-11 December 2020 instead. The shop’s ever-popular designer room was opened, and we received a healthy-sized crowd through the week. As a result of the unexpectedly high demand, the clearance was extended for an additional week until the shop closed for the year on the 18 December 2020, something that wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of our volunteers. We are thankful for the overwhelming support that we received from our dedicated volunteers and our customers! All proceeds from the shop…