Further to our previous news report by The Star on SIP raising funds re SIP member Sue-Lyn Yeoh's participation at the London2Brighton Challenge, we are very pleased and proud to congratulate Sue-Lyn Yeoh for completing the Challenge and raising funds for educating girls in STEM subjects. This is...
The 21st Soroptimist International Convention in 2019 will be hosted by the Federation of the South West Pacific. SWP Past President Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam was nominated by SI South West Pacific as the SI International Convention Chair for the SI Convention which will...
Extracted from a blog by Theresa Devasahayam, Dr Saradha Narayanan, Kerry Beer and Linna Khorn https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/cycling-cycles-womens-role-malaria-prevention-cambodia/ “Across the world, women’s identity is bound up with their primary role of caregiver and nurturer in the family. Cultural norms demand that they prioritise this role above all other responsibilities...
Our press release was featured in the Letters to the Editor, New Sarawak Tribune on 5 May 2017. Thank you for highlighting this important issue, New Sarawak Tribune! ...
28 April 2017: Here we are at 5.30am, Hanaa and yours truly all set for another three-hour journey to Kg Gana. This time, Aunty Julia, our invited guest, is with us to give the 2nd cooking class: how to make kuih wajid and kuih sengkuang!...
In April 2017, Soroptimist International World President-Elect Mariet Verhof Cohen and Global Executive Director Deborah Thomas visited Kuala Lumpur for a series of meetings with the local committee, led by Convention Chair Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam, regarding the 21st SI Convention, which will be...
SIROM held its AGM on Friday 31 March 2017, where highlights were shared by the executive committee, after which a new exco for 2017-2019 came into service. On Friday evening, a lovely warm friendship night was held, organised by SI Shah Alam, with the theme...
We did it together! All geared up, ready, willing and able to transform B40 communities in Malaysia through education, empowerment and enabling opportunities. The Soroptimist Foundation of Malaysia just concluded our 5th Annual General Meeting and launched the Project Implementation Plan for InnovateMYCommunity programme. A great...
"HELLO, did you know that I am a native and free butterfly?" The words on the poster hit me as I stepped into the Orchid sanctuary at the Urban Jungle (Hutan Bandar), Johor Bahru, where I went for a walk this morning. What? I was stunned. The posters that...
SIROM congratulates charter member and current Extension & Membership Convenor of SI Kuala Lumpur Mrs Joanne Fernandez for receiving a Rotary Vocational Service Award from the Rotary Club of Petaling Jaya at the club’s 56th Anniversary on 15 January 2017. Mrs Joanne Fernandez welcomed...