Message from Aware's President

Dear Valued Members

Since my election as President on 14th April 2009, I have
received intense media attention. A group of AWARE members has gone public
with various allegations and have called for an EGM for the specific purpose
of removing me and my team. We have only been in office for less than 20 days.

I am a woman seeking to serve other women in Singapore. Like
you, I have struggles. I do not have all easy answers to the many hard
questions that life throws up. No one does.

However, we should not be passive where we can band together to
work for positive change. There are many things worth protecting and fighting
for.

We want to make a positive difference to your lives and to our
society. A good place to start is to help the many distressed women affected
by the current economic crisis.

We are dedicated towards continuing our role as an NGO to
ensure the effective implementation of CEDAW standards. We want to see
abstract standards translated into meaningful policies which directly affect
our lives and well-being. We will constructively engage with all interested
governmental and non-governmental agencies, to progressively bring this goal
to pass.

CEDAW as a women's rights treaty belongs to all women. We are
resolved to enhance widespread awareness of CEDAW standards among Singapore
men and women and to provide an open forum to discuss how to better realise
these standards.

We wish to honour and celebrate the achievements of first
generation Singapore women and to emulate their spirit of perseverance and to
learn from their experience and vision. In so doing, we connect the present to
the past, as we work together for our better future.

I hope to see you at the upcoming EGM where we will present
preliminary details of our programme and projects. My team and I seek your
active support and participation in implementing these to serve our community.

AWARE belongs to you.

Warmest wishes

Josie Lau

 

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