This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on October 4 2021.
The recent allegations made against BooksActually's founder Kenny Leck have foregrounded the many structural issues that make start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) vulnerable to workplace harassment an...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on September 29 2021.
I agree with Forum writer Kristine Lam that more needs to be done to tackle family violence in Singapore (More can be done to deal with issue of family violence here, Sept 22).
Enhancing societal support and laws w...
This op-ed was originally published in Today on September 27 2021.
Are our offhand likes and shares on social media as innocuous as we might think? Perhaps not, if we are bystanders to online misogyny and violence.
A bystander is someone who witnesses an act of abuse, including violence aga...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2021.
29 July 2021 - Implement comprehensive sexuality education covering consent, violence and gender roles in all schools in Singapore. Place a legal obligation on employers to address workplace harassment. Impose a temporary,...
This op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 2 July 2021.
Five years ago, in June 2016, a man was jailed for 12 months for stalking and harassing his former lover.
It was a historic case – the first conviction of a stalker under the Protection from Harassment Act, or POHA.
U...
"Are you sure that happened? Why didn't you fight back? You should have known better." These are some common responses survivors of sexual assault have heard, which may further their feelings of doubt, guilt and shame.
It is not always easy for survivors to tell someone about what happened; i...
This commentary was originally posted on CNA on 1 April 2021.
SINGAPORE: On Mar 3, 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard went missing in London while walking home from a friend’s house at around 9pm.
About a week later, a London police officer was charged with her murder. Hours after...
Written by Danesha Shah
On 6 March 2021, AWARE hosted a virtual panel, Violence in a Click—how do we close the tab on tech-facilitated sexual violence?, with the support of the High Commission of Canada.
The panel included the two teams working with AWARE under the “Taking Ctrl, Findin...
written by Danesha Shah, Elijah Tay and Kamalini K.
From 24 February to 8 March, a team of AWARE interns tuned in to watch Singapore's 2021 Budget and Committee of Supply (CoS) debates.
The CoS debates occur after the National Budget is announced. They comprise an examination into each min...
