" The Society Against Family Violence was birth 30 years ago when it became an Affiliate of the National Council of Social Service and a Member Organisation of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations in 1991. Before this, it had a long gestation period beginning with SCWO setting up a Task Force for the Prevention of Violence Against Women in 1986. The two years of its embryonic stage saw the Task Force holding travelling Exhibitions at various Community Centres and libraries its the message to “Stop Violence Against Women”. Then followed another two years of building networks amongst professionals and researchers from the social services and women’s groups. The year 1990 also saw two seminars, one done jointly with the Singapore Council of Social Services and the Social Work Department of the National University of Singapore and another, as a solo effort on the theme of “The Treatment of Men who Batter: A Workshop for Helping Professionals.” "