Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...
Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...
Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the...
In national media and in recent government announcements, more attention is being paid to the caregiving of older people. But what do we really understand by family caregiving?
How do women, in particular, bear the responsibility of caregiving? Wha...
We have some good news - on Tuesday, the Minister of National Development announced that the HDB will remove its 3-year time-bar policy for divorced parents to buy subsidised flats. From 6 March, both parents in a divorce will be able to buy or own a subsidised flat each, as long as they are eligibl...
This post was originally published as a press release on 8 March 2018.
AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and DPA (Disabled People’s Association) welcome the Government’s move to amend the Employment Act (EA) to remove the salary cap so that it covers all workers, and to tr...
This post was originally published as a press release on 7 March 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE commends the Government’s move to lift the three-year time-bar imposed on divorced couples for purchase of subsidised housing, urging the state to apply the removal to all, regardless of their car...
An edited version of this letter was published in TODAY Voices on 6 March 2018.
Association of Women for Research and Advocacy (AWARE) welcomes the introduction of a new Tripartite Standard to encourage employers to offer caregiving leave to help families deal with unexpected caregiving needs. ...
This post was originally published by The Online Citizen on 26 February 2018.
The word of the day was “innovation”, but this year’s Budget announcements by the Minister of Finance demonstrated few plans for change. Although the Government declared its commitment to address the needs of the ...
