On 24 January, 20 people attended AWARE's Pre-Budget Forum presenting our recommendations for the Singapore Budget 2015.
AWARE has been submitting recommendations for the Budget for the past five years. This year, our focus is on the need to create a caring economy which recognises and compen...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Pre-abortion counselling should facilitate patients’ choices, rather than seek to influence them, and provide scientifically sound and accurate information, as well as non-judgmental support.
Importantly, the likelihood and signi...
This is a summary of key points in the written submission by AWARE to the Ministry of Health, as part of its public consultation on proposed changes to the criteria for mandatory pre-abortion counselling.
Background
AWARE is Singapore’s leading gender equality advocacy group. We seek to remo...
The way that we talk to those around us about HIV, marriage and sex can put women’s health at risk.
This insight lies behind ‘This is your life. Get tested.’, a new video released today by the We Can! campaign to mark World Health Day. The video depicts a woman sitting at a doctor’s offi...
On 29 January, AWARE submitted its fourth annual set of recommendations for the national budget, emphasising the issues of: 1) poverty and income inequality, 2) support for caregivers, 3) healthcare financing in Singapore, and 4) transparency and inclusiveness in the budget process.
With the announ...
By Jolene Tan
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has a simple mandate: "to build a nation of healthy people". As a government agency, its responsibility is to promote the physical and mental health of all members of society equally, regardless of sexual orientation.
The publication of factual, n...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Recent letters give an inaccurate picture of the health impact of abortion and pregnancy ("Abortions: Parental consent vital in family-oriented society" by Madam Ang Lay Choo; Forum Online, last Friday, "Why parental consent law...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
WE STRONGLY disagree with recent calls to reduce access to abortion services ("Tweak abortion laws to match medical advances" by Ms Joanna Chen and "Restore need for parental consent for girls under 18" by Mr Darius Lee;...
On December 9, AWARE will hold a roundtable to share the findings of our study the attitudes and risk behaviours of women living with HIV-positive husbands or partners in Singapore.
We conducted in-depth one-to-one interviews with 60 women to explore attitudes about HIV/AIDS, safer sexual pra...
