Tag: CEDAW

Fighting Diskriminasi in South Sulawesi

This piece has been modified for length by the author from its original version on cedaw-seasia.org, a website about CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women) by UN Women. Eight women sit cross-legged on straw mats in a circle talking animatedly while they drink tea a...

Media Release: Gender Equity Essential for Singapore’s Next Lap

AWARE-NUSS conference calls for Constitution to prohibit gender discrimination and quota set for women in Parliament. Singapore, March 8th 2011 – For all the progress made in the last 25 years, gender discrimination still exists in Singapore today. This was the unanimous view of the 200 or so...

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

AWARE contributes to human rights submission to UN by local NGOs [caption id="attachment_11303" align="alignright" width="150"] Universal Periodic Review[/caption] A loose and informal grouping of local civil society organisation, including AWARE, has made a 10-page submission to the United Na...

State of the Nation’s Women report (6 Jul 2009)

AWARE Media Release 6 July 2009 AWARE launches project to publish State of the Nation’s Women report AWARE, Singapore’s leading women’s rights advocacy group, is launching a two-year project to reach out to a wide range of women in Singapore and gather their views on the issues that most...