Carrie Tan
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| Born | Carrie Tan Huimin 1982 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Singaporean |
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Carrie Tan is the founding Executive Director of Daughters Of Tomorrow, an organization which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore...[1].
Currently, she raises awareness about urban poverty in Singapore, and forges collaboration among private, public and non-profit sectors to enable social and economic mobility for vulnerable communities as part of her work with DOT.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow[6] and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by President Obama at a press conference during Prime Minister Lee's visit to the White House in August 2016. [7]
Early Life & Education[edit]
Tan’s father is now a subcontractor in the construction industry, and her mother is a home-maker. She has one older sister[1].
Tan is currently obtaining a Master’s in Public Administration and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Before that, she attended Raffles Girls’ Secondary School, Raffles Junior College prior to obtaining a degree in Arts and Social Sciences, with a major in History.
Career[edit]
Private sector[edit]
Tan was the organization & talent development manager at Splash Interactive Group. She then ran a sole proprietorship consultancy providing headhunting and talent development services in Singapore and Shanghai before leaving the private sector to found Daughters of Tomorrow [8]
Non-profit sector[edit]
After a volunteering trip to South India in 2007, Tan left her job as a headhunter to found a social enterprise which provided skills training and employment for women in the Kadapa region.[9]
In 2014, Tan was featured in a CNA documentary named “A Singaporean Abroad” about her humanitarian work in India, training women from villages who were rescued from sex-trafficking in cottage industry skills[10]
In Nov 2015, Tan was selected to introduce President Obama at a Town Hall meeting in Kuala Lumpur as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative[6]. In May 2016, she was awarded Honoree for the Children, World Peace and Human Rights category in the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award by Junior Chambers International in Singapore[11]
Daughters Of Tomorrow[edit]
Tan founded Daughters Of Tomorrow (DOT) in 2012.[1]. DOT matches low income women to job opportunities, advocates for their inclusion in government policies and provides job training programs for low income women.[12] [13]
DOT was awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) under National University of Singapore in 2015[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Womg, Kim Hoh (11 March 2018). "Ex-headhunter now empowers disadvantaged women with ability to make a life for themselves". Straits Times. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "Carrie Tan, Founder of Daughters Of Tomorrow". The Asian Entrepreneur.
- ↑ Lim, Mary. "Advocates: Carrie Tan She works so that other women can do so, too". Read-a.
- ↑ ""Poverty has a woman's face" - Carrie Tan". The Online Citizen. The Online Citizen.
- ↑ Lim, Janice. "Continue to be angry productively, say young panellists to other millennials fighting for causes". Today Singapore.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 American Councils for International Education. "Professional Fellows Program: YSEALI Alumna Carrie Tan Introduces President Obama". Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ↑ "President Obama and Prime Minister Lee joint Press Conference". Obama White House Archives. White House.
- ↑ "ASEAN's Next Generation Leaders (ANGeLs): Daughters of Tomorrow: Carrie Tan". Channel News Asia.
- ↑ Toh, Sylvia. "The Light in their Eyes". Singapore Magazine. Singapore International Foundation.
- ↑ Channel News Asia. "A Singaporean Abroad". Toggle. Channel News Asia.
- ↑ "Past Winners". JCI Singapore.
- ↑ Daughters Of Tomorrow. "Vision & Mission". Daughters Of Tomorrow.
- ↑ Low, Shi Ping. "Carrie Tan: How to Empower Underprivileged Women". BLLNR.
- ↑ "Learning by Investing @ NUS Grant Presentation Event". Outside in NUS.
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