Thursday, June 5, 2008


Hey ladies!

We're back in June, and this time around we've got a charming and heartwarming topic to be brought live @ the attic!

It's "Wonder Women Live @ The Attic: I'm Going to Have a Baby!" with Sharene Ch'ng, Rosalie Cerutti & Dr. Ang Eng Suan from Family Planning.

Not only for all you moms to be, but for all curious ladies out there! Find out what these glowing women are going through as they share their experiences, differences and joy!

Date: June 12th
Time: 7.30pm to 9pm
Place: The Attic, 61-2 Jalan Bangkung Bukit Bandaraya, 59100 KL
Phone: 03 2093 8842
No cover charge!

Please RSVP to wonderwomen.kl@gmail.com

Also check our Facebook group out @ http://www.facebook.com/wall.php?id=17975132880#/group.php?gid=17975132880

See you ladies then!


ROSALIE CERUTTI

Rosalie is 33 years old, married for 5 years although she has been with her husband for 14 years. They currently have 2 kids, Charlotte (age 3) and Casper

(age 15) and 5 months pregnant with their third child.

Rosalie was born in the Netherlands and her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia when she was 3 months old. They lived there for 4 years before returning to The Netherlands. She has a Master of Arts in English Linguistics and Literature (University of Utrecht). She worked as ICT service desk manager for two separate ICT departments at ABNAMRO bank in Amsterdam. When Rosalie's husband was expatriated to Malaysia, she quit her job immediately and came along - 6 months pregnant!

Rosalie has organized events for the Dutch community for past 3 years. She also teaches Dutch to a couple of kids who are half-Dutch but who don't speak the language well enough to go to the Dutch school. Oh yeah, her toughest job thus far is being a mum


SHARENE CH'NG

Sharene Ch'ng is 30 years old married for 2 years and is 5 months pregnant with her first child. She comes from an accounting and finance industry. After marriage, Sharene and her husband planned to have a baby in Year 2008. This is a completely new experience for her and feels that she has embarked into another stage of her life to become a mummy to a little baby.


DR ANG ENG SUAN

Dr Ang graduated from the University of Malaya with an M.B.B.S. in 1975 and obtained an M.P.H. from the University of Michigan, USA in 1983.

She was medical officer at the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur for a short 8 months before joining the National Population and Family Development Board where she stayed for almost 18 years. Her last position was as the Director, Human Reproduction and Specialist Centre. From 1994 to 2005, she was the Executive Director of the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia. Since then she has worked as an independent consultant in reproductive health.

Dr Ang has pursued a purposive career in the field of population, family planning and family development, and sexual and reproductive health for over three (3) decades. She has gained extensive experience in clinical work, training, research, strategic planning, organizational management and policy development. In the course of her work, she visited and/or worked with many facilities and programs and provided specific consultancies in cross-cultural settings in the Asia Pacific Region, especially in projects mediated through the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

In the past 2 years she has carried out consultancies for the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the International Committee on Management of Population Programmes, the National Population and Family Development board, the National Council of Women's Organizations Malaysia and the United Nations Population Fund, Malaysia.

Dr Ang is currently engaged as a short-term consultant in SRH and HIV/AIDS by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Malaysia. She was appointed an Adjunct Professor in the Health and Research Development Unit (HeRDU), University of Malaya in June 2007.



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