Questions remain about new Adoption of Children Act
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 28 July 2022.
Under the Adoption of Children Act 2022, which was passed in Parliament on May 9, couples seeking to adopt must be married under laws recognised by Singapore.
Later, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)...
AWARE applauds parliamentary push for housing access for single parents, offers to provide evidence to hearings
This post was originally published as a press release on 7 September 2017.
Seven single parents have signed a parliamentary petition, to be presented at the next parliamentary sitting on 11 September, urging changes to HDB’s current housing policies for single-parent families.
Gender equa...
FREE training on legal adoption of children for unmarried mothers
Date: 27 June 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 7pm - 8.30pm
Venue: AWARE Centre (5 Dover Crescent #01-22)
Light refreshments will be provided. Childcare can be arranged - please email media@aware.org.sg with number of children and their ages, by 25 June
REGISTER HERE
Are you an unmarried mother exploring...
Time to do away with ‘illegitimacy’
An edited version of this letter was published in The Straits Times forum on 13 May 2017.
The recent report of an unmarried mother adopting her biological child ("Unwed mum adopts own biological daughter", 11 May) highlights the inappropriateness of branding children “illegitimate” and penali...
