The following are excerpts of debates on caring for an ageing population. These took place during the Aug 13 & Sept 11 sittings of Parliament.
MEDISHIELD COVERAGE BEYOND MAXIMUM AGE
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong:
The number of MediShield policyholders who exceeded the current lifetime limi...
The following is an excerpt of the debate on tackling human trafficking and protecting foreign domestic workers, which took place during the March 1 and March 5 sittings of Parliament.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Christopher de Souza
Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC
Last year marked t...
The following commentary was published in Today on March 16. Read the published version here.
By Dr Teo You Yenn & Dr Vivienne Wee
Since the announcement of mandatory weekly days-off for foreign domestic workers, the media have been abuzz with debate. Many have applauded the decision, but th...
AWARE sent this letter about mandatory days off for foreign domestic workers to the Straits Times Forum last week.
AWARE applauds the decision to implement mandatory rest days for foreign domestic workers here (“Weekly day off for maids a must from next year”, Straits Times, March 6).
Be...
There is much to celebrate this International Women’s Day (IWD).
After decades of lobbying by various NGOs, including AWARE, the government has finally introduced mandatory weekly rest days for foreign domestic workers.
The recent Budget 2012 announcement included several measures ...
The following are some highlights from the Singapore government’s responses to questions posed by the United Nations’ CEDAW Committee on July 22
On anti-discrimination legislation
While Singapore lacks specific legislation prohibiting discrimination based on gender, article XII of its ...
This year marks the third time that AWARE is submitting a Shadow Report to the United Nations committee on the Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
On July 18, our CEDAW team made their presentation to the UN CEDAW Committee at the UN headquarters in...
Domestic workers, like all employees, are entitled to their rest, in accordance with human rights standards and acceptable working standards in Singapore.
AWARE welcomes the news that Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Halimah Yacob believes the State should consider ...
AWARE’s Letter to the Straits Times Forum Page, published June 14, 2011
We refer to the report “Singapore toughens its stance on human trafficking” ( ST June 11). We are very heartened to learn that the government intends to sign the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Puni...
