This post was first published as a press release on 28 May 2016.
From now until 12 August, a series of posters on Northeast Line stations will tell the true stories of two single parents - how a woman faced enormous obstacles to find housing for herself and her three children after her divorce, a...
This article was first published on Mother's Day at The Online Citizen.
Mother’s Day is especially significant this year. It comes shortly after news that equal maternity leave and a $3,000 Child Development Account grant will be available to all new mothers of citizen children, regardless o...
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12 April brought good news - unmarried mothers will receive 16 weeks of maternity leave, just like married mothers. Their children will be eligible for Child Development Accounts and receive the $3,00...
This post was originally published as a press release on 24 March 2016.
AWARE found 2016 Budget limited and tentative in moves to a more “caring and resilient society”
This afternoon’s Budget speech by Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat took limited, tentative steps to a more “car...
By Vivienne Wee, Research & Advocacy Director, and Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Poverty and housing have recently come into focus in the news. The Fresh Start Housing Scheme, touted as addressing housing affordability, is intended to help former flat owners ...
On 10 March, AWARE launches #asinglelove, a new movement to support and empower single parents (including unmarried, divorced and widowed parents) and their families. The campaign kicks off with the online release of a thought-provoking video looking at attitudes toward single parents, and (on 12 ...
A guest blog post by Alison Kuah.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Every four years, a UN Member State has its human rights record ‘peer reviewed’ by other states.
On 27 January 2016, the Singapore government sent an inter-agenc...
On 12 March, Dr Sharon Quah from the Asia Research Institute delivered a roundtable presentation at AWARE, discussing housing issues confronting Singaporean divorcees. Based on her interviews with 30 divorced Singapore women who sought access to public housing after divorce, she suggested that HDB p...
By Teo You Yenn
The differential treatment of parents based on their marital status has once more come under the spotlight. In response to parliamentary discussions, two Cabinet Ministers have recently reiterated that the state’s approach—of providing more benefits to married than unmarried p...
