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  • Not OK to say boys will be boys and girls must beware

    January 13th, 2010 | Children and Young People, Gender-based Violence
    The alleged groping of a woman by four men at the Siloso Beach Countdown Party on New Year’s Eve sparked much debate in the media in the first two weeks of January.

  • A Feminist at Fifteen

    January 13th, 2010 | Family and Divorce, Gender-based Violence, Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Like many other 15 year olds, Iris Jin juggles school-work with her hobbies like reading, drawing and chess. Iris, however, is also making time to volunteer at AWARE. She is doing so because she’s concerned that society is still so steeped in patriarchal beliefs and gender stereotypes. She wants to do her part to promote awareness of the need for gender equality. Read her essay about the fight for women's rights.

  • Everyone Needs a Day Off

    December 2nd, 2009 | Employment and Labour Rights
    Everyone needs time off work? Of course they do: what is there to explain? This common sense approach does not seem to apply for around half of their employers when it comes to domestic workers from other countries.

  • Thanks for saying ‘NO’ to violence against women

    November 28th, 2009 | Gender-based Violence
    Many thanks to all who responded to our call to support the White Ribbon campaign, the worldwide effort to end violence against women, by signing our online petition.

  • The State of Women: Reality Bites

    November 11th, 2009 | Gender-based Violence
    After a century of the vote, after topping the men in education, after some of us have run huge businesses and led nations, women are still reducible to the position of chattel. Women allow it. Men do it.

  • Men, say “NO” to violence against women

    October 29th, 2009 | Events, Gender-based Violence
    Join millions of men around the world as they pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.

  • Money – Me, You and Us

    October 21st, 2009 | Events, Family and Divorce
    25 November 2009, 6.30pm – 9.00pm When I becomes we, what happens to your finances to your finances as an...

  • Standing on their shoulders

    October 18th, 2009 | Women in Leadership
    Constance Singam takes a look at three women whose commitment to women’s causes has helped to reshape the world and transform women’s lives. It is women such as these, she says, who are the true feminist mentors.

  • Why should we care about Kartika?

    September 26th, 2009 | Muslim Women's Rights
    How did you react when you heard in July that a woman was about to be caned in Malaysia? Did you think something like this? “What’s so bad about drinking beer? These fundamentalists are too much.” But did you think that what was to happen to Kartika had anything to do with you? No?
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