We Are Aware » Video http://www.we-are-aware.sg A community site in Singapore Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:41:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Video: New AWARE Training Institute Programmes http://www.we-are-aware.sg/2009/07/07/video-new-aware-training-institute-programmes/ http://www.we-are-aware.sg/2009/07/07/video-new-aware-training-institute-programmes/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:41:07 +0000 admin http://www.we-are-aware.sg/?p=1303 Corinna Lim on new programmes:

The AWARE Training Institute (ATI) will be going full steam ahead to develop and conduct programmes in three areas – skills development, knowledge building, and self-knowledge. The aim is to educate, enable and empower women to achieve their highest potential in society. These programmes include:

  • ATI’s Body Image Workshops will help young girls to reflect on body image, and concepts of attractiveness and beauty, to enable them to deal with body image and self esteem issues.
     
  • Following from AWARE’s major recent report on sexual harassment which showed that more than 50% of respondents had experienced sexual harassment at work, ATI is currently developing workshops to train organisations to deal with sexual harassment and assault. The sexual harassment team comprising HR practitioners, lawyers and social workers target to provide by the end of the year a comprehensive package of services to train and advise companies on policies and practices to prevent and deal with sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
     
  • The financial training programme for women is being enhanced. The aim here is to help women with financial empowerment. Further announcements on this will be made shortly.
     
  • Women in Conversation is an innovative approach to learning. ATI provides safe spaces for women to get together in small groups to learn from each other and to share their personal and common experiences in matters such as sex, dating, marriage, gender discrimination, career development, leadership.
     

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Nevertheless the current EXCO would prefer to move forward instead of pursuing action against Josie Lau and her team. The present EXCO has since asked various service providers for discounts and donations and has reduced costs by $8,000.

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At the 2 May EGM several members queried Josie Lau and her Exco about the cost of the EGM. Calls were made, both at the EGM and in media forums subsequently, for the money to be recovered from the members of that Exco.

After taking office, the current Exco formed an internal review team to look into the expenses incurred by the previous Exco and determine whether their decisions and actions adhered to the AWARE Constitution and other established practices.

The EGM cost a total of $99,291.28. This was not quite covered by the $98,765.70 in membership fees paid by the 2,748 people who joined AWARE or who renewed their membership between 29 March and 2 May.

The current Exco wrote to all the companies that provided services at the EGM, explained the financial situation and asked them to consider making a donation to AWARE. Rajah & Tann have donated $5,000 and Deloitte & Touche $3,000, while Boardroom has indicated that it will be making a donation. Suntec and Ape Communications declined on the grounds that they had, in total, given AWARE a 26.5% discount on the facilities and services provided.

The review team found that the previous Exco did not adhere fully to the AWARE Constitution and established practices. Also, they could have avoided some of the costs, for instance, by trying to get pro bono legal advice and asking AWARE volunteers to act as scrutineers.

“We will not, however, be taking any action against the previous Exco,” said Ms Lam. “There are several reasons for this. We recognise that they were handicapped by their lack of NGO experience. Secondly, we have been able to recover part of the costs through the generosity of some of the vendors.

“Most importantly, we want to get on with our work – which is to identify and help remove the obstacles that prevent women from realising their full potential. This is, and has always been, AWARE’s agenda.”

 

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Yvonne was part of the volunteer audio-visual-video team at the EGM, who said yes at the drop of a hat. Thanks!

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Hafizah (“Fizz”) was elected to the AWARE EXCO at the 2nd May 2009 EGM

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A warm thank you to everyone who made the day possible.

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Six weeks have passed and the dust has somewhat settled. But far from falling into the recesses of mere memory, the Aware EGM has had a profound impact on many of those who came together to save Aware.

These are the nameless, faceless heroes – those who spoke up, those who volunteered behind the scenes, those who just simply turned up to vote for what they believed in.

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