The first is simple: A woman is never responsible for being raped because of what she wears. The second is trickier: Reclaim the word 'slut'.
By Anu Selva-Thomson
The SlutWalk movement has generated a great deal of controversy over the past few months. As followers of this contemporary femin...
Should our online personality be the basis of a character assessment in the courtroom?
I have a confession: my rabbit has a Facebook account and she lied about her age to get it (she's only 3). And while she spends a fair amount of time talking about world domination, I'm here to tell you that she'...
Two high-profile cases of sexual assault involving prominent financial leaders have increased scrutiny of how vulnerable certain professions are to sexual harassment.
On May 14, International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a maid a...
By Kylie Goh
In April, AWARE welcomed visitors from two overseas womens organisations - South Koreas Womenlink and Macaos Womens Commission. The purpose of their visits: To learn more about AWAREs activities as Singapores leading gender equality advocacy group.
On April 11, a d...
AWARE-NUSS conference calls for Constitution to prohibit gender discrimination and quota set for women in Parliament.
Singapore, March 8th 2011 – For all the progress made in the last 25 years, gender discrimination still exists in Singapore today. This was the unanimous view of the 200 or so...
The following position paper was submitted by AWARE to Singapore’s policy-makers in February 2011 before the budget was released. Our response to the government's budget allocation is here.
AWARE has for 25 years sought to bring to the attention of policy-makers and the public issues related t...
Singapore, 15th December – Some men do it in just one sentence; others make a little speech; a few of them burst into song. Some stand in front of the camera alone; but the majority are accompanied by their wives, daughters, colleagues, sisters, cousins, or friends. Most speak in English, but Mala...
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I was flying high.
Six months with the new firm and I was already account manager for two key clients. I was getting praises from my boss, my clients and my colleagues. I had a company credit card and a view of the c...
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The emotional and psychological scars of sexual harassment run deep. One victim, Tessa* reveals her struggle to cope and how she contemplated suicide after two incidents of harassment.
"Imagine talking to people whom...
