Soroptimist International of Singapore

Soroptimist International of Singapore

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SIS is a women's service organisation, working to transform the lives of women and girls across the r

Soroptimist International of Singapore was chartered on 5 August 1983. SIS was the first chapter to be chartered in Asia by Soroptimist International of the South West Pacific (SISWP). SIS was also the first chapter to be charted in Singapore, and opened its office at SCWO in 1999. SIS performs social service projects supporting the five main objectives of the United Nations: Education, Environment, Health, Economics, Social Development, and International Goodwill and Understanding.

11/11/2019

Soroptimist International of Singapore is raising funds to help with completing the construction of three shelters for female victims of violence and disasters in Fiji. We are working with the Fijian government in this project. We have fruitcake, chocolate banana cake, sugee cake and cookies on sale this year. We seek your generosity this Christmas season.

Family in India caught in act of burying unwanted newborn girl alive 10/11/2019

Son preference in India continues to be practised. There are cases of which infant girls are buried alive when the couple decides they don't want the girl child. Girls are seen as a financial liability since a dowry will have to be accumulated to get her married off. However even among wealthier families, female infanticide is practised albeit the ultrasound is used to abort the female foetus before she is born.

Family in India caught in act of burying unwanted newborn girl alive HYDERABAD (India) — Police in Hyderabad, India recently rescued a newborn baby girl as her family was about to bury her alive in a hastily-dug pit.

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Location

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96 Waterloo Street, #02-05, Singapore Council Of Women's Organisation (SCWO) Centre
Singapore
187967