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  • Urgent concerns for Budget 2013

    February 22nd, 2013 | Children and Young People, Family and Divorce, Older People and Caregiving, Poverty and Inequality
    AWARE calls for Budget 2013 to focus on reducing social inequality and providing more support for families. Both are urgent concerns for the State to address, in light of the widening income gap, fertility issues and an ageing population. An inclusive Budget must extend state support for all, especially those who need it most. This is an AWARE press release.

  • Suicide laws deter treatment, not attempts

    February 20th, 2013 | Suicide
    Why keep Section 309 when it is rarely enforced and only serves to deter those at risk from seeking appropriate help? By Corinna Lim and Porsche Poh. A shorter version of this article was first published in TODAY on 20 Feb 2013.

  • AWARE calls for an inclusive Budget 2013

    February 18th, 2013 | Family and Divorce, Older People and Caregiving, Poverty and Inequality
    State support for all, especially those who need it most.

  • White Paper Is About the Economy, Not Babies

    February 8th, 2013 | Migration and Trafficking
    For every 1 person that comes into Singapore to replace our shrinking citizenship, 2.5 persons are allowed in as transient workers for pure economic reasons. That is high and this is what the current debate should focus on instead of lumping the economic and demographic issues as one issue. By Corinna Lim. This piece was first published in Today on 08 Feb 2013.

  • Roundtable Discussion: Gender in Indian Scripture

    February 6th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based Violence
    Feminine Protests in the Ramayana and Mahabharata Ahalya draupadi sita tara mandodari tatha Panchakanya smarennityam mahapatakanasanam To this day, Indian...

  • Daughters of Tomorrow Charity Screening: Miss Representation

    February 5th, 2013 | Events, Gender-based Violence, Workplace Harassment
    As part of our International Women’s Day celebration, AWARE and Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) are holding a screening of Miss...

  • AWARE Responds To The Population Paper

    February 2nd, 2013 | Older People and Caregiving, Poverty and Inequality
    Why no public consultation and considerations of social justice?

  • Missing Pieces In The Parenthood Scheme

    February 1st, 2013 | Children and Young People, Family and Divorce
    Giving certain families access to piecemeal benefits will not solve the care-giving problem. We need to think about how we can build a more family-friendly society. This article was written by Kokila Annamalai.

  • Let’s call a rape a rape

    January 28th, 2013 | Gender-based Violence, Letters and op-eds
    Media coverage and popular discussion of rape give disproportionate weight to concerns over false reports - to the point where the default response for many is to assume that a woman is lying if she discloses that she was a victim of rape or sexual assault. It is exactly this social norm that allows rapists to continue raping, because they know their victims will not be believed.By Wong Pei Chi. An initial version was first published in The Straits Times on 24 Jan 2013.
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