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Community Theatre At Its Best!
June 28th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based ViolenceThe response to the premiere of Just A Bad Day, the flagship project of the We Can! End All Violence... -
The joys of shared parenting
While the recent extension of paternity leave is certainly an improvement, Singapore must offer support to those fathers with less flexibility in their work life to ensure that they may be a part of their children’s lives. Callan Tham shares his experience on parenting and how job scheduling plays a large part. -
What fathers say on Fathers’ Day
Fathers welcome the new paternity policies but note that fathers should be given more opportunities to develop as caregivers in order to combat the current gender stereotypes. Writers Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir and Chan Kin Kok are the fathers of young children. Vivienne Wee and Ranjana Raghunathan are, respectively, AWARE’s Research and Advocacy Director and Research and Advocacy Coordinator. The article is published on The Online Citizen on 16 June, 2013. -
The trouble with limited paid paternity leave
Teo You Yenn is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, board member at the Association of Women for Action and Research, and author of Neoliberal Morality in Singapore: How family policies make state and society. This article was also published on The Online Citizen on 17th June. -
“Just a Bad Day” Forum Theatre Performance at *SCAPE
June 13th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based ViolenceJUST A BAD DAY A Forum Theatre Performance Date: Sunday, 7 July Time: 730 – 930pm Venue: Gallery@ Scape Limited seats available. Click here to register! ... -
Roundtable: Polygamous Marriages
June 5th, 2013 | Family and Divorce, Muslim Women's RightsIn polygamous relationships, the concept of “giliran”, where the wives each take their turn in having exclusive time with the... -
Roundtable: Housing Singaporeans – Should unmarried people be lesser citizens?
Date: Monday, July 29 (updated) Time: 7.30pm Venue: AWARE Centre Speakers: AWARE’s Singles Sub-committee – Chew I-Jin, Ailin Mao, Chu... -
Press release and report from the IPS-SAFV-AWARE’s discussion on violence against women
May 24th, 2013 | Family and Divorce, Gender-based ViolenceWe ask that more comprehensive steps be taken to eliminate violence against women. -
We Can! Singapore brings you ‘Just A Bad Day’
They are everyday people with ordinary lives. Youve seen them. Theyre your neighbours, your colleagues, your mahjong kakis. Their problems...