Digital technology and sexual violence seem to elide more and more in our hyper-connected, hyper-visual world. Here in Singapore, it feels like a new case of technology-facilitated sexual violence breaks in the newspapers every week. There’s the distribution of explicit materials by intimate p...
Participate in a study on the career effects of sexual harassment on working women in Singapore!
Who can join?
We are currently looking for individuals who identify as women, aged 20 to 65 years.
They must have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years.
Preferably,...
This post was originally published as a press release on 25 September 2019.
To provide more comprehensive support to individuals facing harassment and discrimination at work, gender-equality organisation AWARE has today launched a new Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Advisory (WHDA) se...
"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.
First response that is sensitive to the survivor's needs and cho...
“Are you sure that happened? Why didn’t you fight back? You should have known better.”
One experience of sexual assault is one experience too many. We may not always know the right words to say, but we can all agree that sexual assault should never happen to anyone. One way to show ze...
This post was originally published on TODAY on 27 June 2019.
By Shailey Hingorani, Head of Advocacy and Research
Recently, governments around the world voted overwhelmingly for a new International Organisation (ILO) convention, the first since 2011.
This groundbreaking treaty recogn...
AWARE’s Advocacy, Research & Communications (ARC) department is looking for a Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Advisory (WHDA) Executive.
WHDA is a new service by AWARE. It’s in its pilot phase currently and will be officially launched in August. This person will support those...
At a work meeting, Dani's boss repeatedly propositioned her in a graphically sexual manner. After she rejected his advances, he continued to harass and bully her, until she finally left the company.
Today, she speaks up courageously, calling for zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workpla...
This post was originally published on The Straits Times on 4 May 2019.
by Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy, AWARE
Should the Singapore Government step in to help protect tertiary students from harm?
In September 2016, Nominated MP Louis Ng asked then Acting Minister f...
