Carrie Tan Huimin ( zh, s=陈浍敏, p=Chén Huìmǐn; born 1982) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing

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(PAP), she has been the

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(MP) representing the Nee Soon South division of

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since 2020. Prior to joining politics, Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT), an organisation which enables livelihoods and financial self-sufficiency for underprivileged women in Singapore. 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. Tan is a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative fellow and her work in women's empowerment and advocacy for collaboration was mentioned by United States President

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at a press conference during Singapore Prime Minister

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's visit to the

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in August 2016.

Early life and education

Tan was born to a taxi driver-turned-contractor father and a housewife and has a sister. She had graduated from Raffles Girls’ School and later

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. She majored in history at the

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and holds a

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from the

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Career

Tan was a headhunter until 2012. After a volunteering trip to South India in 2007, she founded a social enterprise, Daughters of Tomorrow, which provided skills training for underprivileged women in India. In 2014, Tan was featured in a CNA documentary, "A Singaporean Abroad", about her humanitarian work in India, training women from villages who were rescued from sex-trafficking in cottage industry skills. In November 2015, Tan was selected to introduce United States President

at a Town Hall meeting in

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as part of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative. 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.

Daughters Of Tomorrow

Tan founded Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) in 2012. DOT matches low income women to job opportunities, advocates for their inclusion in government policies and provides job training programs for low income women. DOT was awarded the Most Investment-worthy Social Enterprise by the Asian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (ACSEP) of the

in 2015.

Politics

Tan was fielded in the 2020 general election to contest in

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(GRC), replacing the outgoing Member of Parliament

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, on the

's ticket against the

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. Her running mates were

K. Shanmugam Kasiviswanathan Shanmugam ( ta, காசிவிஸ்வநாதன் சண்முகம்; born 26 March 1959), better known as K. Shanmugam, is a Singaporean politician and lawyer who has been serving as Minister for Law since 2008 ...

Louis Ng Louis Ng Kok Kwang ( zh, s=黄国光, p=Huáng Guóguāng; born 8 December 1978) is a Singaporean politician, animal and environmental activist. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) repr ...

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, and

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. On 11 July 2020, Tan and team were declared to be elected to represent Nee Soon GRC in the

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, garnering 61.9% of the valid votes.

References

External links

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on

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