Category: Children and Young People

“Pro-Family” Policies Need Rethinking (Part 1)

AWARE Board Member Teo You Yenn discusses why we need bolder moves for a more inclusive society. PA...

Budget 2013: Caregivers still unrecognised

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25th February 2013 We are heartened by the focus in this year’s Budget...

Urgent concerns for Budget 2013

For Immediate Release 22nd February 2013 AWARE calls for Budget 2013 to focus on reducing soci...

Missing Pieces In The Parenthood Scheme

By Kokila Annamalai Giving certain families access to piecemeal benefits will not solve the care-...

Response to Bio-ethics Advisory Committee

2013 - The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) was established by the Government in December 2000...

Why civil society must uphold women’s rights as human rights

At the EU Seminar on "Regional Approaches to Human Rights in Europe and Southeast Asia", held on 10t...

AWARE applauds State’s signing of the CRPD

Signing the Convention underscores Singapore's collective commitment to do even more to improve the ...

SchoolAsia: New lesson plans on gender and the media

AWARE has launched its first contribution to the SchoolAsia lesson platform, in collaboration with a...

New safeguard for minors in VSA

Each sterilization case involving minors now has to be reviewed by a Hospital Ethics Committee. AWA...