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The Advocacy, Research and Communications department conducts research on gender issues in Singapore, from single parents and low-income mothers to eldercare, migrant spouses and workers and more. As p...
AWARE will hold an online group discussion on Zoom with foreign domestic workers (FDWs) who look after an elderly person in Singapore. This discussion will take place on Sunday, 6 September 2020, 11am - 1pm.
This discussion is part of our research to understand FDWs' experiences of caring for...
On 30 June 2020, AWARE made a submission to the the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women. Our submission focused on COVID-19 and the increase of domestic violence against women.
Compared to the same period last year, the AWARE Women's Helpline has received a 65%, 119%, ...
AWARE is interviewing individuals who have hired foreign domestic workers (FDWs) to help look after an elderly person (above the age of 67) in Singapore, anytime from January 2018 and onwards.
This is part of our ongoing research to understand the experiences of family caregivers and FDWs. We aim...
In this letter—a response to concerns from AWARE and HOME about its new transfer rules for foreign/migrant domestic workers (FDWs or MDWs)—the Ministry of Manpower notes that "the FDW, just like the employer, retains the flexibility to end the contract at any time. The employment agenc...
written by Saraniyah D/O V Saravanan
What are some common myths about domestic violence?
“We tend to think of domestic violence as spousal violence, but that’s not really true,” said Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy at AWARE, whereas domestic violence can be committed...
This post was originally published as a press release on 8 June 2020.
8 June 2020 - Family caregivers in Singapore shoulder a heavier care burden during COVID-19, while their incomes decrease and out-of-pocket expenditures rise.
These are the findings of a survey carried out in May by th...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 23 May 2020.
The Ministry of Manpower's (MOM) new rule easing transfer procedures for employers of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) fails to take into account the interests of the FDWs (Move towards letting domestic workers switch e...
Foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are facing unique challenges as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore.
AWARE and Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) have been studying the role FDWs play in providing eldercare in Singapore since 2019, and wanted to see how the pa...
