This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 5 March 2020.
Employment agencies of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) should provide more clarity and transparency on the services they provide, accompanied by a fee breakdown.
The discussion about the lack of fee ...
Savitri, a 68-year-old, Singaporean retired school teacher, is looking for something exciting to do. So she tries stand-up comedy for the first time.
That is the premise of Am I Old?, a comedic monologue written and performed by local comedy pioneer Sharul Channa. The innovative new show wil...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 20 February 2020.
A recent survey on ageism at the workplace revealed that age discrimination is a prevalent problem experienced by both younger and older generations in Singapore.
From interviews done by the Association of Wo...
This post was originally published as a press release on 19 February 2020.
19 February 2020 - Gender-equality group AWARE applauded the government’s endeavour to present a Budget that balances today’s most urgent needs, resulting from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, whil...
This post was originally published as a press release on 13 January 2020.
13 January 2020 - For its 10th annual submission to the national Budget, AWARE engaged with a rich community of individuals in Singapore, pooling their ideas for a set of recommendations centred on better support for famil...
On Saturday 14 December, something magical happened: AWARE's executive director, Corinna Lim, moderated a conversation with former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, in front of an audience of 3,500 people at Singapore Expo.
Their hour-long talk covered notable landmarks from M...
This letter was originally published on TODAY on 10 October 2019.
by A. Preethi Devi, Project Executive
The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) welcomes the announcement of the S$200 Home Caregiving Grant (HCG) taking effect this month, which will provide some relief to ...
Written by Jasmine Gomez. Photographs by Kaspen Paraskakis Narayan.
“There are four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need a caregiver.” So said Rosalyn Carter, the First Lady...
Stand Together Festival presents a special performance of Crazy Poor Sita by Sharul Channa, Singapore's first full-time female stand-up comedian! If you missed this sold-out show when it debuted back in March, here's a new chance to catch it—as well as an exclusive post-show discussion with ...
