Press Statement - 1 May 2017 We urge the Government to enact specific anti-gender discrimination laws which would further promote, protect gender and eradicate gender discrimination. In 1985, all women's organisations got together to submit reforms to all laws and policies in Malaysia that discriminate against women...
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...
Press Statement - 5 April 2017 Child marriage is a human rights violation. In some countries, there are laws against it and yet the practice remains widespread. There are several reasons for this practice, which includes gender inequality where girls are not valued as much as boys....
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...
SI Ipoh's project to empower double amputee Jenny Pong to create her own self-sustaining business is progressing very well. SI Ipoh held a Press Conference on 16 January to launch all the products cooked by Jenny Pong - her signature homemade Nyonya curry paste and two...
Press Release About Jenny Jenny Pong, a double leg amputee, is a woman of perseverance. Despite life's hardships and multiple challenges, she has a dynamic positiveness in her outlook on life. Lying on her makeshift trolley that helps her move about, she manages work around her house, does marketing...