Last weekend, AWARE came to know about the 2018 incident, captured on recently released videos, in which Samuel Seow hit and berated employees at his office.
The content of the video is horrifying. There is absolutely no excuse for Seow's behaviour, and we hope that he seeks the help that he need...
This post was originally published on Channel NewsAsia on 24 April 2019.
by Corinna Lim, Executive Director of AWARE
Sometimes, it just takes one brave woman to speak up to make the world fairer and safer for all.
Monica Baey did that when she spoke up last week about her experienc...
Like many around the nation, AWARE was distressed to hear about the experiences of Monica Baey, as she suffered first a voyeuristic violation in her National University of Singapore hall, then received unsatisfactory recourse to justice from school and police officials.
As with all sexual vio...
This post was originally published as a press release on 20 March 2019.
To reflect a significant increase in demand, AWARE’s popular Women’s Helpline service is expanding its operations starting today, from the previous 3 p.m. - 9.30 p.m. hours to new hours of 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (Monday to ...
[caption id="attachment_40679" align="alignnone" width="550"] (L-R) Shailey Hingorani, Robert McPhedran, Siti Noor Mastura and Philip Chua[/caption]
Written by Alissa Baer, AWARE research consultant
"The #MeToo movement is about having a conversation on core issues, wherever we are. It’s abo...
This post was originally published on TODAY on 12 March 2019.
by Laika Jumabhoy, senior case manager at AWARE's Sexual Assault Care Centre
In February, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam announced transformative amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act (POHA) to make it ...
By Shailey Hingorani, Head of Advocacy and Research, AWARE
Congratulations: We’ve made it to International Women’s Day 2019. Let’s take a breath, pat ourselves on the back, put our feet up… and bask for a while in joyful appreciation of how far women have come.
After all, in man...
8 March 2019 is International Women's Day! But we celebrate IWD throughout the whole month of March. Here is our line-up of events and activities over the next few weeks.
Wednesday, 13 March
Hashtags, Harassment and Hope: the State of Gender Relations in Singapore
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It's been more than a year since #MeToo became a global phenomenon, rippling out into every sector of society as survivors of sexual harassment spoke up about their experiences. As its impact reached Singapore's shores, AWARE began receiving a record surge in clients at its Sexual Assault ...
