Gender equality group AWARE applauds the long awaited repeal of marital immunity for rape and the decriminalisation of suicide in its submission to the public consultation on the Penal Code review. To increase reporting of sexual crimes, the group recommends comprehensive education for the public, p...
This post was originally published as a press release on 12 January 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE submitted its eighth annual set of recommendations for the National Budget through the public consultation portal REACH on 12 January, calling for the Government to take concrete steps in endin...
This post was originally published as a press release on 22 November 2017 and posted on the SG CEDAW Coalition website.
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The United Nations’ CEDAW committee has repeated its recommendation that Singapore include in its Constitution or laws a definition and prohibition of all...
CEDAW, adopted by the United Nations in 1979, defines discrimination against women and sets an agenda for nations to end inequitable laws, policies and practices. Every few years, Singapore reports to the UN on its progress in achieving gender equality, and NGOs are also invited to offer informa...
AWARE responded to the ongoing consultation regarding proposed changes to the Administration of Muslim Law Act (AMLA). We offer these comments in the hope that the forthcoming changes can more robustly promote gender equality in outcomes under AMLA.
Since acceding to the Convention on the Elimi...
We were delighted that support for women’s aspirations was affirmed by Parliament for the first time (“More women should break glass ceiling, says Chuan-Jin”, 5 Apr).
Kudos must be given to the People’s Action Party Women’s Wing for tabling this.
To give everyone in society the cha...
This post was originally published in TODAY newspaper on 9 December 2016.
More than 20 years after Singapore acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), it continues to lag in fulfilling its obligations under the treaty, including the obligat...
A guest blog post by Camille Neale
On 10 December 2015, in celebration of the annual international human rights day, the Delegation of the European Union to Singapore hosted a seminar on “Progress and Perspectives for Women’s rights in Singapore and ASEAN”. The seminar explored the progress...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager
Oct 5 was a big milestone for Singapore. We celebrated 20 years of commitment to gender equality after acceding to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1995.
Despite some commendabl...
