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than 400 women leaders came together at Suntec City Convention
Hall on 24 September 2005 for the first ever “Women’s
Seminar”. The seminar was jointly organised by the Women’s
Desk of MCYS and the NTUC Women’s Committee.
MCYS’s participation was helmed by our Minister of State,
Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon while NTUC Women’s Committee was
led by Mdm Halimah Yaacob, Assistant Secretary-General
of NTUC and MP of Jurong GRC.
The seminar discussed the recommendations developed by
six workgroups in the following areas: women’s leadership
and mentoring; women’s health; women’s lifeskills (with
emphasis on IT and financial literacy skills); work-family
harmony; micro and social enterprise for women; and women’s
volunteerism and philanthropy.
Mrs Yu-Foo said: ”The six workgroups pooled the resources
of women leaders from the people, private and public sectors.
They not only lead but walk and work the ground. They
understand the needs of women.” The workgroups had the
strong support of the three key women’s bodies in Singapore,
namely, the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations,
NTUC Women’s Committee and the People’s Association Women’s
Integration Network (WIN).
Some of the recommendations included the establishment
of a central repository of information on enablers of
social enterprise and micro enterprise and how a micro
enterprise could be established. The idea of a Women’s
Register, a database of successful women from all walks
of life, was also mooted.
A participant, Ms Ong Soo Giok, general secretary of DBS
Staff Union, welcomed the idea of having women come together
to help other women. She shared, “I like the idea of self-reliance,
as I believe women do understand better each other’s needs
and the challenges we face.” 
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