Articles in the Women Category
Posted in Women on 16 July 2008
4 young Baha’i ladies were in Kuching last December. Attached to a Baha’i NGO on education based in Medan, the 4 lively youth were Maya, Wahidah, Adhe,and Rintis. They also vsited Sabah. The purpose of their visit is to learn about the literacy programme run by Centre for the Advancement of Women and Family (a [...]
Posted in Relations, Women on 16 July 2008
Baha’i women’s contingent at the Women’s Day celebration at the Padang Merdeka, Kuching on 4 Sep 2004, all dressed up in attires representing the various ethnic gropus in Sarawak
Posted in Global, Women on 16 July 2008
United states:- The Principal Representative of the Bahá’í International Community to the United Nations, Bani Dugal, has received a “Women Helping Women” award from Soroptimist International. The award came in weeks leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8. “Women Helping Women” is one of three awards offered under an umbrella program, “Making a Difference for Women,” established in 1986 by the Soroptimists to acknowledge those who work to improve the status of women in society. Soroptimist International is a 70-year-old volunteer service organization for women.
Posted in Women on 16 July 2008
In conjunction with the Hari Wanita 2000 several programs were organised by the The Women’s Affairs Department (HAWA) under the Prime Ministers Department, at The Kuala Lumpur “Suria Twin Towers fot three consequative days from the 27th to 28th August 2000. The theme for this year’s Hari wanita is “Nur-Bermula denganmu”(The Light - It begins With You.) Several organisations took part in the events. Among them was The Bahá’í Office for Advancement of Women (BOAW).
Within six weeks the Bahá’í youth put together a one hour presentation with the Theme “From Chains To Change” in the Celebration of Wanita 2000. They performed several items namely, a dance called Breaking The Chain Prejudice”, a Step Dance, “The Change-The Light of Unity, a song from the Choir group and a Zipoppo Show called “The Love Chain-If you love me…”
Posted in Women on 16 July 2008
From 30 November till 8 December, two members of the BOAW, Maria Peter and Dayang Genam of Kuching conducted a women’s conference at Bintulu Bahá’í Centre and a course on Guidance for Bahá’í Marriage and Government Laws at Rh. Ngadan, Suai and at Rh. Gerunsin, Sg. Tuyut, Tinjar. Ms. Sim Lee Buay of Bintulu shared a report on the conference held at Bintulu: “A women’s conference was successfully held at Bintulu Bahá’í Centre from 30th November to 1st December…
Posted in Women on 16 July 2002
“Those present participated well and particularly the youth from Kg. Belimbing Besi who produced very nice devotional meeting and were a good example for youth from Ensika through their songs and chanting. The conference was shortened and the youth from Ensika (some from Kuching) were encourage to return with the youth from Kg. Belimbing to learn songs from them and also to attend Ruhi Book 1 and Book 2, if possible
