Category: Views

Tackling human trafficking in Singapore

In February, the Inter-agency Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons sought public feedback on the ...

An opportunity for gender equality at home

AWARE sent this letter about mandatory days off for foreign domestic workers to the Straits Times Fo...

Parliament Primer: A strike against victim-blaming

The following is an excerpt of the debate on the repeal of Section 157(d) of the Evidence Act and th...

Why isn’’t there more research about women’s experiences in Singapore?

Writer and independent scholar Yu-Mei Balasingamchow explored this question and more during the Feb ...

Parliament Primer: Debate over ministerial pay

The following are excerpts of speeches made by six female parliamentarians on the subject of ministe...

Sex sells – but what messages about gender are you really consuming?

Are today’s advertisements more sexualized? Or are they moving towards a more gender-neutral stanc...

MOE responds to queries about sex education

On Jan 26, AWARE received the following response from the Ministry of Education (MOE), in reply to a...

Concerns about revising sex ed in schools

On Jan 4, following a news report about possible changes to the Sexuality Education Programme in sch...

Thoughts after watching Aunty Lucy

AWARE member Lee Yenyen (pictured below) ponders the damaging gender stereotypes found in the Chines...