By Xenia Low, AWARE intern
On 11 August, more than 300 people showed up at the Singapore Post Auditorium for the Poverty has a Woman’s Face panel, where we launched AWARE’s report ”Why are you not working?: Low-income mothers explain challenges with work and care. The panelists delved int...
For many families in Singapore, home is a stable sanctuary and a space to unwind. Single-parent families want the same things. But many have to also grapple with frequent moves, housing insecurity and tighter finances.
Five storytellers, all from single-parent families, bare their homes and ...
“More women live with dementia than men. The prevalence is higher for women than for men; women are more at risk of developing dementia and the symptoms they live with are more severe.
Women provide a substantial proportion of informal care to people with dementia, with around two-thirds of...
By Priya Narayan, AWARE intern
As part of our ongoing efforts to continuously engage with the elderly and informal elderly caregivers in Singapore, AWARE invited the NUS Law Pro Bono Office to give a talk on the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA), on 23 July.
The speakers were Isabella Tan and Gw...
This piece was originally published in Channel News Asia on 19 August 2018.
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According to a survey o...
This post was originally published as a press release on 10 August 2018.
To help break low-income mothers out of poverty, gender equality group AWARE recommends that low-income households should have access to free good quality formal childcare; the State should put in place a robust employment...
Did you know that there are government subsidies available for inpatient hospice and home palliative care? Or that there are grants available for caregiver training? Find out more about the subsidies and schemes you might be eligible for in this talk conducted by medical social workers from Ren ...
This article was originally published as an op-ed in The Straits Times on 17 July 2018.
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Two years ago, we embarked on our current research to answer this question: Why are low-income mothers, who want t...
We are organising a session on the Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) on 23 July at 6pm.
Come learn about the LPA, its purpose and its importance for yourself and your loved ones.
Benefits of an LPA
Early preparations to protect your interests should one become vulnerable one day.
Ena...
