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  • Taking A Stand Against Sexual Violence

    December 18th, 2012 | Gender-based Violence, Workplace Harassment
    Speech by Winifred Loh, AWARE President @ SlutWalk 2012   Good evening.  Many thanks to everyone for being here, taking...

  • Why civil society must uphold women’s rights as human rights

    December 10th, 2012 | Children and Young People, Gender-based Violence
    At the EU Seminar on “Regional Approaches to Human Rights in Europe and Southeast Asia”, held on 10th December 2012...

  • The right to protection from marital rape

    December 10th, 2012 | Gender-based Violence, Letters and op-eds
    The Singapore Penal Code accords legal immunity to husbands who rape their wives. The assumption is that by getting married, a woman loses her right to say ‘no’ to any sexual demand imposed by her husband, including violent rape. But sexual penetration without consent is rape. By Wong Pei Chi, Paroma Ray, Vivienne Wee and Nadzirah Samsudin.

  • AWARE applauds State’s signing of the CRPD

    December 4th, 2012 | Children and Young People, Older People and Caregiving
    Signing the Convention underscores Singapore’s collective commitment to do even more to improve the lives of persons with disabilities through early intervention, education, employment, adult care and other measures. By Emily Lim, Lim Yen Ling and other members of AWARE’s Gender and Disability Project Team. The piece was first published in Today on Dec 3, 2012.

  • Proceed with caution on social egg freezing

    November 21st, 2012 | Letters and op-eds, Sexual and Reproductive Health
    Reproductive technologies tend to have class biases. We should ensure that our policies do not encourage and enable only a narrow category of women to reproduce, and thereby deepen inequalities among women. By Dr Kanwaljit Soin and Dr Vivienne Wee. This piece was first published in The Straits Times on Nov 21, 2012.

  • SlutWalk Singapore: Take two

    November 15th, 2012 | Events, Gender-based Violence, Workplace Harassment
    SlutWalk Singapore drives home the message that victim-blaming and slut-shaming should be eradicated. It all started with a single sentence...

  • Gender equality must take centrestage in shaping population policies

    November 9th, 2012 | Employment and Labour Rights, Gender-based Violence
    It is not short-term materialism that discourages Singaporeans from having children, but realistic evaluations of how much they need to bear in terms of costs for care for elderly parents, the healthcare needs of their families, and their own retirement needs in an expensive city. This is an AWARE press release.

  • SchoolAsia: New lesson plans on gender and the media

    November 9th, 2012 | Children and Young People, Gender-based Violence
    AWARE has launched its first contribution to the SchoolAsia lesson platform, in collaboration with arts showcase Etiquette. The course on...

  • Roundtable Discussion: Marital rape

    November 7th, 2012 | Events, Family and Divorce, Gender-based Violence
    November 25, the International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women, marks the start of 16 Days Of Activism...
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