Sarawak Women for Women Society

Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of women's equality and elimination of violence against women and children. SWWS advocates to change situations which have a negative impact on the lives of women and girls. SWWS was officially registered in 1985.

Our Objectives:

• To achieve gender equality and eradicate discrimination.
• To educate women and girls on their rights.
• To encourage women to determine their future and empower them to achieve it.
• To develop supportive services for women.
• To advance the position of women and girls in society.
• To increase awareness on the abuse and exploitation of women and children in a range of situations.

What We Do

Our services include:
Drop- In- Centre

• Providing information for young women from rural areas on jobs in town and to help them adapt to their new lifestyle.
• Also a place where women with low- paid jobs can come together to take part in educational programmes, skill building sessions and social activities.

Women Crisis Phone-line

• This free and confidential service aims to provide a listening ear and moral support to women in distress and in so doing assisting them to make their own decisions.
• Provide training to train Para counsellor.

Keep Safe Kit For School children

• A kit introduced to Primary School children on how to stay safe.
• This is an ongoing programme carried out in collaboration with the State Education Department.

Public Awareness Programme

• By raising public awareness, through talks, seminars, workshop, exhibitions and institutional systems which contribute to and perpetuate violence and discrimination against women, can gradually be eliminated.

For more information, please visit our website at www.sarswws.org or our Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sarawakwomen/