You are a Singaporean who has been presented with a great career opportunity in Australia. You decide to take it—though it means leaving your ageing parents behind at home. Yet as your parents grow frailer, and their care needs increase, how will you make sure they are sufficiently looked after ...
This post was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 24 February 2019.
by Shailey Hingorani, AWARE's Head of Research & Advocacy
Consider how financial payments for family care can address the economic consequences of family caregiving, and how their impact can be maximised by p...
This letter was first published by the Straits Times on 4 January 2019.
The recent case in which the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board applied to recover nearly $417,000 in alleged CPF arrears from Jurong Country Club highlights the highly unsatisfactory state of the current legal distinction ...
In national media and in recent government announcements, more attention is being paid to the caregiving of older people. But what do we really understand by family caregiving?
How do women, in particular, bear the responsibility of caregiving? Wha...
This post was originally published as a press release on 8 March 2018.
AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and DPA (Disabled People’s Association) welcome the Government’s move to amend the Employment Act (EA) to remove the salary cap so that it covers all workers, and to tr...
This post was originally published as a press release on 14 February 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and disability advocacy group DPA (Disabled People’s Association) have called for stronger protection against employment discrimination in a joi...
This post was originally published as a press release on 22 November 2017 and posted on the SG CEDAW Coalition website.
Image credit: Sayoni
The United Nations’ CEDAW committee has repeated its recommendation that Singapore include in its Constitution or laws a definition and prohibition of all...
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...
In celebration of International Domestic Workers Day (IDWD), AWARE partnered with Aidha, HOME, and the Singapore Committee for UN Women to screen the film Remittance on 18 June and 5 July at Shaw Theatres Lido. More than a hundred people turned up for the screenings, with the first screening welco...
