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  • NDR Speech 2013: A Step In The Right Direction But More Needed

    August 22nd, 2013 | Family and Divorce, Gender-based Violence, Poverty and Inequality
    AWARE applauds the policy shifts outlined by the PM, but much more is yet to be done.

  • Young minds and bodies: Is ignorance bliss?

    August 13th, 2013 | Letters and op-eds, Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Sex education in Singapore is currently values-based, with abstinence as the main approach in keeping youth from premarital sexual activity. On this 13th anniversary of International Youth Day, Tan Jian Xiang and Catherine Smith, volunteers at AWARE, discuss the consequences of not teaching youth about contraception in sex education.

  • Should singles be treated as lesser citizens in housing policy?

    July 30th, 2013 | Family and Divorce, Poverty and Inequality
    AWARE held a roundtable on the housing challenges faced by unmarried people in Singapore on 29 July.

  • Why does world population growth matter to Singapore?

    July 9th, 2013 | Letters and op-eds, Poverty and Inequality
    On this World Population Day, we must recognize the effects that Singapore’s population policies have on the greater global community. An increased population not only threatens the environment, but also the rights of women and lower income families. AWARE Research & Advocacy Director Vivienne Wee and Nominated Member of Parliament Faizah Jamal discuss the impact of population growth on Singapore.

  • Quen on Her Forum Theatre Experience

    July 5th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based Violence, Workplace Harassment
    Quen discusses her Forum Theatre experience as an actor and a Change Maker.

  • Community Theatre At Its Best!

    June 28th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based Violence
    The response to the premiere of Just A Bad Day, the flagship project of the We Can! End All Violence...

  • The joys of shared parenting

    June 19th, 2013 | Children and Young People, Family and Divorce, Letters and op-eds
    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

    June 17th, 2013 | Children and Young People, Family and Divorce, Letters and op-eds
    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

    June 17th, 2013 | Children and Young People, Family and Divorce, Letters and op-eds
    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.
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