A new survey by We Can! Singapore indicates that young people in Singapore often have to grapple with the issue of sexual violence – from verbal and cyber-harassment to non-consensual touching and rape, but few know how to seek help for themselves or to provide it to their peers.

Join us for a roundtable on 1 April to learn more about the results of this study and explore the questions that it raises.

Carried out in 2014 by Change Makers volunteering with We Can!, the study surveyed 500 respondents aged 17-25 on their experiences with sexual violence and attitudes toward consent. The survey found that 35% of the respondents reported experiencing different forms of sexual violence, 22% reported having perpetrated it, and 47% reported that they knew a victim.

These findings make it clear that sexual violence is relevant to many young people’s lives. We urgently need to develop a culture that respects personal boundaries and encourages open communication around sex.

The We Can! campaign will present detailed survey findings at the roundtable and lead a discussion of the questions these findings raise.

Event Details:
Date: 1 April, Wednesday
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Location: AWARE Centre (5 Dover Crescent, #01-22)

Click here to register.

Speakers:

Sheena Kanwar is the Support Services Senior Manager at AWARE. She was involved in drafting this survey and analysing the results.

Kokila Annamalai is the We Can! campaign manager at AWARE. She graduated from NUS with an honours degree in Sociology and spent a year working in rural India, with a focus on women’s roles in community development. She was involved in drafting this survey and analysing the results.

Nitya Chawla completed her Bachelor of Social Sciences (Hons.) in Psychology from the National University of Singapore in July 2014 and since then, she has been a researcher at NUS’ Industrial-Organizational Psychology Lab. She also volunteers with AWARE and is a We Can! Change Maker who assisted in analysing the results of this survey.