Are today’s advertisements more sexualized? Or are they moving towards a more gender-neutral stance? Our January 19 Roundtable Discussion explored these issues by focusing on gender representations in the advertising industry.
By Veesha Chohan
Sarah Chalmers, an AWARE volunteer and a member of...
The following is a press statement issued by the South-east Asia Women's Caucus on ASEAN, a network of women's organisations from 11 countries which aims to engage ASEAN in advancing women's human rights in the region.
Despite the hype surrounding the ASEAN Summit in Bali, women from the region fou...
The following is AWARE’s letter to the Straits Times Forum Page, published November 5, 2011
We refer to the forum letter “Improve job security for pregnant contract employees” by Madam Salinahwati Mohd Ali on November 2, 2011.
In her letter, she aired her disappointment at the lack of ...
Last Saturday morning, enthusiastic participants gathered at AWARE to attend a public CEDAW Forum. The forum is part of AWAREs efforts to raise awareness on CEDAW and to encourage everyone to play a bigger role using the CEDAW process to support other women in our country. The forum was graced...
AWARE’s Letter to the Straits Times Forum Page, published September 13, 2011
The stark choice between motherhood and professional advancement presented in Mr Lee Kuan Yew's comments to Ms Joan Sim is not new ('A PhD's fine, but what about love and babies?', Straits Times, Sept 6, 2011).
In...
Play your part and help shape womens rights in Singapore for the next five years
Date: September 10, Saturday
Time: 11am to 2pm
Venue: AWARE Centre (Block 5 Dover Crescent #01-22)
You may think that discrimination against women does not exist in Singapore, but it still does, in ways b...
There remain many areas where gender equality can be improved in Singapore.
AWARE is very heartened by the Concluding Observations made by the United Nations’ (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. But we remain concerned about the Singapore government’s level of...
The United Nations' CEDAW Committee has considered the 4th periodic report of the Singapore government and issued the following comments.
POSITIVE ASPECTS
The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration of the State party’s 3rd periodic report in 2007, including the le...
After years of preparation, the AWARE’s CEDAW team saw our hard work pay off with our successful lobbying efforts at the United Nations.
By Nadzirah Samsudin
After 10 intense days in New York, AWARE’s CEDAW team is back home and geared up for the next phase of making CEDAW real in Singap...
