By Mandy Chng, AWARE volunteer
Technological advancements and the interconnectivity of new media play an increasing role in women’s experiences of sexual violence. This issue was addressed at a dialogue organised by the Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) on 30 August. Around 50 people attended t...
An edited version of this letter was first published in The Straits Times, on 21 April.
We are disturbed by the statements in the recent judgment (“Man acquitted of raping lover's daughter; no photos taken of alleged crime scene”, April 12) which appear to perpetuate certain myths relating to...
In collaboration with Footsteps to Inspire and in conjunction with International Women’s Day, AWARE’s Sexual Assault Care Centre (SACC) invites you to show your support for sexual assault survivors – and raise awareness on the many unspoken forms of sexual assault.
Date: 1st March 2017 (Wed...
This letter was first published in TODAY on 12 January 2017.
Recent letters have expressed views on the use of judicial caning for sexual offenders –“Review age limit for caning sentences” (6 Jan) and “Relook need for corporal punishment” (9 Jan).Sexual violence of any form must b...
This post was originally published as a press release on 10 August 2016.
AWARE statement on the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill
AWARE would like to express our support of the general intention and principle behind the Administration of Justice (Protection) Bill. However, we have...
We are holding an event about the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) and the Tripartite Advisory on Managing Workplace Harassment and how we have been involved, as well as to tell you about Catalyse Consulting, the expanded Corporate Training arm of AWARE.
The Advisory, launched in Dece...
AWARE strongly applauds the newly issued Tripartite Advisory on Managing Workplace Harassment (the Advisory) from MOM, NTUC and SNEF, as well as the consultative approach of the Tripartite Workgroup in developing it.
“Workplace harassment is against the law,” said Corinna Lim, Executive Direc...
This post was originally published as a letter in The Straits Times on Dec 8, 2015.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) recently conducted a public consultation on the Women's Charter ("Proposed maintenance for ex-husbands to go ahead"; Dec 8).
The Association of Women for Ac...
By Kokila Annamalai, We Can! Campaign Manager
The case of the woman who died at the hands of her husband demonstrates that rethinking gender roles is critical to preventing domestic violence (“Chinese national, 61, gets 10 years’ jail for strangling wife”; Nov 3).
The husband became viol...
