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SIROM
8th Biennial Conference, Penang.
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Workshop sessions: 2.00 - 3.30 pm, Saturday
28th March 2009
Venue : The Ballroom*, Paradise Resort Hotel.
* Do check with the Organisers closer to the
Conference date.
Note to delegates:
You are encouraged to pre-register your
preference for the workshop you wish to attend.
There are 3 workshops to choose from, on a
first-come, first served basis, namely:
- TOPIC 1 - PROJECTS & SUSTAINABILITY
- TOPIC 2 - UNITY IN DIVERSITY
- TOPIC 3 - INTER CLUB / SIROM PROJECTS
For effective participation
at the workshops, The Conference Organisers retain
the right to make changes as deemed fit.
All topic areas are to be discussed premised on the
6 Programme areas, the Values, Goals and Objectives
of Soroptimist International and the UN Millennium
Development Goals.
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PROGRAMME
FOCUS: 2007 - 2011
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At the last International Convention, delegates
voted to focus on the following themes for
Soroptimist Programme work during the 2007-2011
quadrennium:
HUMAN RIGHTS / STATUS OF WOMEN
End human trafficking and all forms of violence
against women and girls.
EDUCATION
Ensure equal access to education and training
for women and girls throughout their life span
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Eliminate poverty and gender discrimination
through ensuring women's full social and economic
rights Assure women's advancement in management,
politics and decision making
HEALTH
Ensure access to health care for women and
girls Support programmes and policies that
eliminate HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis and
other major diseases
ENVIRONMENT
Improve access to clean water, sanitation and
essential food resources Mitigate the effects of
climate change and integrate sustainability into
personal choices and government policies and
programmes
INTERNATIONAL GOODWILL & UNDERSTANDING
Meet the needs of women and girls during and
after armed conflicts and disasters Promote
peaceful conflict resolution, inter-cultural and
inter-racial tolerance and condemn genocide and
terrorism
UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENTAL GOALS (MDG)
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower
women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for
development
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8th
SIROM Biennial Conference 2009 Forum
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In line with one of Soroptimist International
goals, "that women and girls enjoy equity and
equality", the Forum at the 8th SIROM Biennial
Conference 2009 carries the theme "Towards Equity
and Equality". Well known speakers who can work
close to this theme will articulate on the
different aspects of the theme. The speakers and
topics are:
• Speaker: Ms Shanti Dairiam
Special Advisor to International Women's Rights
Action Watch (IWRAW) Asia Pacific and
Representative on CEDAW in Malaysia.
Topic: CEDAW
(Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination
Against Women) - where do we stand in
Malaysia?
• Speaker: Puan Zainah Anwar
Founding member and Director, Sisters in Islam
(SIS)
Topic: Equality
in Family and Marriage
This topic will be covered from the muslim
perspective but in doing so the speaker will also
touch on non-muslim perspective.
• Speaker: YB Hajah Nancy Shukri
MP Batang Sadong, Sarawak and Chairperson, Women
Parliamentary Caucus
Topic: Breaking
the Glass Ceiling
The speaker will discuss on the topic from the
perspective of women achieving 30% participation in
decision making position levels whether in
politics, government or the corporate sector.
• Speaker: Ms Loh Cheng Kooi
Executive Director of the Women's Centre for
Change (WCC) and member of the Penang State
Consultative Committee on Women, Family and
Community Development.
Topic: "The
right to be safe"
The topic will cover issues of gender equality and
gender violence at home, in schools, work and
public places and how our world can be made a safer
place for women and girls
• Chairperson: Y. Bhg Dato Sharom
Ahmat
CEO of Wawasan Open University
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What is the secret in being youthful? Is not
wanting to look old, a lost cause? Let Dr Victor
Chen unravel the mystery of anti-ageing. So keep
your date free
When: Friday, 27 March 2009, 3 pm
What: Age without getting old
Where: Function room, Paradise Beach Resort
Hotel
Cost: FOC for Soroptimists Other guests,
plse puchase your coupon.
Dr Victor Chen is a seasoned medical practitioner
with an illustrious career in the healthcare
business. A prolific writer, he has published
several publications on anti-ageing, obesity,
stress, living cell therapy and many new age
innovations.
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Lighten
Up! Learn to Laugh your way to a Happier,
Healthier Tomorrow!
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Jeyamalar Jeyaratnam
NLP Master Practitioner & Laughter Guru
Like a dove sharing messages of peace &
progress, Jeya - as she is fondly called - has
flown to many places and is proud to have been part
of lives of many who have gained from her sharing
as they shared of themselves.
Leaving Malaysia at the age of 17 for studies in
United Kingdom, it was the start of Jeya's foray in
the world of self discovery and personal
development.
One path led her into the exciting field of
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). Quite simply, it
provides people with tools & skills to assist
them in developing mastery & excellence in
areas they want in life.
This then led to Jeya securing a Master
Practitioner Certification in Neurolinguistic
Programming before her pursuing her professional
certification in Health & Fitness. To showcase
her focus, Jeya put it all into action when she
started & ran her own gym in Glasgow,
Scotland!
Her passion for conducting Laughter Workshops -
which came soon after - is a stroke of genius as it
combines these two learning disciplines with great
fun!
This came about when she was introduced to study
the teachings of the famous Dr Madan Kataria of
Mumbai, India, who drew clear definitions to the
impressive science supporting the mind and body's
profit from laughter.
Like Dr Kataria, Jeya found that laughter not only
makes us feel better, but also elevates our mood
& raises our energy levels very quickly. This
is because when we laugh, it's a great aerobic
workout which sends more oxygen to our organs &
tissues. Our muscles also stretch & release
endorphins - which is our bodies' natural morphine.
This in turn, increases the performance of our
immune system as a whole!
Now, Jeya is back in her homeland, Malaysia to
spend some much awaited quality time with family.
In between, she contributes as President of
Soroptimist Ipoh & to various societies
assisting women & children, felines, canines
& others needing a caring voice and firm
action.
Yet there still seems to be more hours left in her
day! So, one would often find Jeya conducting
customized Laughter Workshops for special groups
and corporations.
Yes, this passionate Laughter Guru is keen to share
her knowledge & skills with all who wish to
discover more of themselves to transform &
further enrich their lives.
Many have sung praises for the double-whammy
benefits of gentle breathing & stretches
merging with the feel-good effects of belly
laughter. And more have had great fun with her
style of combining role-play & dance to loosen
up those funny bones!
Some of her clients who have discovered these
Secrets to Boundless Energy & Joy include HSBC
Bank Scotland, Edinburgh University, Queen Margaret
College, Endemol TV Production UK, Yayasan Sultan
Idris Shah, Daybreak(Ipoh), Pantai Putri Hospital
and Kinta Properties Holdings, Malaysia.
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Aloha
Nite of high energy by Doris Lim
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The camaraderie and positive energy among the
eighty Soroptimists on friendship night was
undeniable. Despite an abandoned BBQ on the beach
due to heavy rains, their high spirits and
sisterhood bonding was evident even when confined
indoors at the Pantai Garden.
With Aloha Nite as the theme, Soroptimists were
dressed for the occasion flaunting their attire in
various tropical shades. Banded together by
coloured ribbons of pink, blue, red, peach and
black, guests had to act out and showcase their
collective creativity to the ten skits conceived by
IPP Malicca Ratne and Anita Pater from SI Penang.
Imagine being trapped on a tropical island or panic
operations when a volcano is out to erupt.
Collecting seashells and enacting a raindance, or
playing out the tragic love story of Romeo and
Juliet, before a closing finale of a Hawaiian
wedding. With unusual twists and turns to the
skits, the hilarious entertainment confirmed the
hidden talents of Soroptimists as scriptwriters
and actresses for Hollywood and Bollywood!
The pink team bagged the top group prize with their
display of the raindance, while three other
Soroptimists garnered prizes for being the
best-dressed. Participation from all makes everyone
a winner.
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BOLLYWOOD
GALA CHARITY DINNER & DANCE By Sharon
Saw
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Despite a packed conference and extended AGM which
only ended as the Gala Dinner was about to start,
the Soroptimist sisters miraculously managed to
transform themselves into Bollywood stars befitting
the Bollywood Gala Charity Dinner & Dance!
Stunningly attired in a sparkling rainbow of
colourful sarees and pujabi outfits, SI ladies and
guests dressed in glitter and glamour filled the
hall. To the delight of many (and horror of some!),
a real life python greeted the guests as they
entered and many took the opportunity to take
photographs with the beautiful creature.
Several Bollywood dance performances provided
entertainment for the evening as well as a comic
sketch by the veteran Alleycats.
A charity auction of art pieces and a raffle with
wonderful prizes raised funds for Charis Hospice
Penang and SI Penang's Blossom project. One of the
eagerly awaited highlights of the evening was the
announcement of the winners of the SIROM Best
Practice Awards.
SI Bangsar won 2nd Runner Up for their "Lights of
Knowledge" project, a 5-phase project from tuition,
couselling, setting up of resource centre, book
barrel drive to running a Children's Personal
Safety Workshop for the marginalised children of
Nur Zaharah Centre at Janda Baik.
SI Petaling Jaya won 1st Runner Up for their 3
Clubs 1 heart initiative via their Peace Through
Yoga event, where old folks, underprivileged
children and the wheelchair bound enjoyed a morning
of yoga. This was an interclub effort,
affectionately named '3 clubs 1 heart', which
involved SI Bangsar, SI Petaling Jaya and SI Shah
Alam, working together to raise funds for a school
for the handicapped in Janda Baik.
And the best practice award went to SI Johor Bahru,
for their Rohingyas project, which aimed to help
this unfortunate group who have been marginalised
and rejected throughout the region. Congratulations
to SI Johor Bahru, SI Petaling Jaya and SI Bangsar
for their well deserved awards!
Finally, there was the handing over of the Chain of
Office and flash bulbs went off continuously as
photos were taken of the outgoing and incoming
SIROM executive committee. The evening finished
with dancing into the night - Bollywood style!
Congratulations to SIROM and the Conference
Organising Committee for a superb event and many
thanks to SI Penang for being a wonderful host.
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Laughter
Workouts are now available as:
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One-hour energy raisers Laughter @ social
events
One-Day workshops One-on-one coaching
For more information, do call Jeya, your Laughter
Guru @ cell: 012 538 6366 or email: jey_jeyaratnam_3@hotmail.com
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