This post was originally published as a press release on 26 November 2018.
Ten women courageously open up about their sexual violence and harassment ordeal in a hard-hitting video, kicking off Aim for Zero, AWARE’s latest campaign to end sexual violence in Singapore.
Their stories give ...
Sexual violence is one of the most under-reported offences in the world. In October 2017 when the #metoo movement took off, there was a 79% spike in cases seen by our Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC).
Aim for Z...
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 article was originally published in The Straits Times Forum on 5 September 2018.
We refer to the article, “When home is where the sex abuse is”, where the writer cites lawyer Lee Terk Yang’s suggestion that the non-offending parent should face legal action for failing to report child s...
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...
This post was originally published as a press release on 23 November 2017.
After the online movement #metoo papered social media feeds with women’s experiences of sexual violence, the Let’s Unite campaign, led by gender equality group AWARE, invites the public to start taking collective acti...
On 14 November 2017, the United Nations CEDAW Committee - which monitors compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - launched new international standards for countries tackling violence against women, in the form of CEDAW General Recommendation 35...
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...
Many parents are not aware that taking their own child to another country without the consent of the other parent could be viewed as “abduction” under the Hague Convention. Since Singapore became a signatory in 2010, the 1980 multilateral treaty has been a source of struggle for a number of ofte...
