SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE
Parent & Child believes that Social Enterprises are a good cause to support and they deserve more visibility. To help promote awareness and recognise efforts, we have short-listed the following entities that combine social responsibility and innovative business practices, with many empowering women from disadvantaged backgrounds. Do reach out to them directly if you wish to support them in any way.
RETAIL
Empowers Single stay-at-home Mums with income through the sale of their handmade jewelry. They put people before profit as they pay these Mums 40% of earnings per item.
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The Nail Social
RETAIL
Singapore's first socially-conscious salon that was established with the aim of providing vocational training and employment to local marginalized women with a higher barrier to employment, so as to help them progress from a position of vulnerability to security and self-sufficiency.
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ORGANISATIONS
SCWO
The national coordinating body of women’s organizations in Singapore, founded in 1980. SCWO aims to promote ‘Equal Space, Equal Voice, and Equal Worth’ for women in Singapore via outreach programmes and practical help like Star Shelter ‒ the only secular crisis center in Singapore ‒ that offers safe temporary refuge for women and children who are victims of family violence. It also offers free Legal Clinics with the support of volunteer lawyers from Singapore Association of Women Lawyers (SAWL)
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CRIB
Empowers women to become successful entrepreneurs through networking opportunities, business matching, and professional development. Offers seminars, mentorships, a ‘matching’ programme that puts together potential co-founders for new businesses and an incubator programme.
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