Single parents face serious difficulties accessing public housing. From unrealistic income ceilings to a lack of transparency and clarity in policies, their families can experience stress, uncertainty and financial pressure, overcrowding and tension in relatives’ homes, and frustration with ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 20 February 2017.
This afternoon’s Budget speech by Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat sought to set out directions for the future economy, but could have done substantially more to tackle the significant issue of the care economy i...
This post was originally published as a press release on 10 February 2017.
10 February 2017 – Public housing policies create serious difficulties for single parents and should be amended to be more inclusive, according to a report released by AWARE today.
The study (with accompanying Annex...
On 6 January 2017, AWARE was pleased to host Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Members of Parliament Cheryl Chan and Rahayu Mahzam at the AWARE Centre.
It was a fruitful afternoon. We introduced to them the work that we do and the services we provide for women in crisis. The meeting was a ...
What a rewarding year 2016 has been! Keeping up the momentum from last year, AWARE has made leaps and bounds in our work towards gender equality through our advocacy, services and programmes. Your support made all our efforts possible. Here are some highlights of the year.
1. We champio...
Here is a compiled and updated list of questions raised in Parliament that are related to AWARE’s work, or are of concern to our organisation.
3 March 2017 – Paternity leave
Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the MSF how many eligible working fathers have applied for a full week of paid paternity ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 27 August 2016.
There is nothing wrong with single parent families
Children of single parents speak up in AWARE’s #asinglelove campaign
27 August 2016 – Two children of single parents are going public with their stories to help sh...
Thanks to a question in parliament, clear information on the number of children born to unmarried mothers each year is now publicly available. While maternity leave will soon be offered equally, these children – numbering over 10,000 – remain disadvantaged by state policy on matters like housing...
This letter was first published on The Straits Times, 18 August 2016.
The stigma around ‘mail order brides’ is only one challenge faced by the foreign wives of lower-income men in Singapore (‘Curb stigma against foreign brides’; ST Forum, August 13). Though unions between Singaporeans a...
