8 May 2020: This survey has closed and we are no longer accepting any more responses. Thank you!
AWARE recognises that foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are facing unique challenges as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore. These include unprecedented changes to their living and working con...
Our "Your Stories" series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from the authors...
Gender and the Coronavirus
Few communities around the world have remained unscathed from the global COVID-19 outbreak. Yet the pandemic underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women (and so many other vulnerable people), in areas such as unemployment, housing, caregiving and do...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 5 March 2020.
Employment agencies of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) should provide more clarity and transparency on the services they provide, accompanied by a fee breakdown.
The discussion about the lack of fee ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 18 September 2019.
To ensure that the retirement readiness of family caregivers of older persons is not compromised by caregiving, gender-equality group AWARE recommends that caregivers who are still working are given six days of paid e...
We all know the woes of Singapore's ageing population, and the heavy burden of caregiving falling upon younger generations. But have you ever considered how gender factors into this?
Unequal gender norms disproportionately task women with the responsibility of caregiving for older persons in ...
We are hiring interviewers for our next qualitative research project, which explores the role of migrant domestic workers in providing eldercare in Singapore.
Interview details:
Each interview will be one hour long and conducted at a time and place of the respondent's convenience.
In...
We are interested in interviewing live-in migrant domestic workers currently employed to provide care for an older person in the household (above the age of 65), by Singaporean/PR family caregivers or the care recipients themselves. We will be conducting qualitative interviews with migrant domestic...
Back by popular demand! If you missed last month's talk on caregivers and their legal options, or you'd like to build upon your knowledge about wills and living wills, then this event is for you.
On 15 May, AWARE is hosting a free talk on the legal aspects of caregiving for an elderly person....
