We all know someone who has experienced sexual violence—or else we are that someone. Every week, new incidents of sexual assault, workplace harassment or voyeurism are reported in Singapore. It’s sad, disturbing, frustrating.
Yet we are not helpless. The truth is, no one can eradicate sexual violence alone. But if we invest in action on a collective scale, we’d see that violence is not inevitable. Its cycle can be broken.
This year, AWARE is redoubling our efforts to tackle sexual violence. We address the issue on many fronts—both attending to assault’s aftermath, and proactively nipping it in the bud—because that’s what it will take to effectively end it. We know this from a decade of running Singapore’s only dedicated Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC).
Help us to:
- Ensure that SACC meets rising demand for its services. We receive some institutional funding, but it’s not enough for us to keep up with the many survivors coming forward to receive trauma-informed support.
- Empower members of the public to sensitively educate their children and support each other. We aim to expand our Birds & Bees parents’ sex education programme and Sexual Assault First Responder Training.
- Conduct important research into under-examined areas like tech-facilitated abuse.
The actions we take today can steer tomorrow’s generations away from the same old toxic values. Let’s focus our resources on real, systemic change, and get closer to ending violence for good.
Hope in the Dark is a campaign to fund the fight against sexual violence. All donations will be matched 1:1 by the Tote Board and the government and will be eligible for 250% tax deduction.
Visit Hope in the Dark on Giving.sg
Watch our campaign launch video, “What keeps you up at night?”