The following is an excerpt of the debate on how to better support the needs of elderly women and healthcare concerns for Singaporean women, which took place during the Feb 28 and March 5-7 sittings of Parliament.
ELDERCARE
Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of Information Commu...
Workplace support for women, boosting the fertility rate, and help for single mothers and caregivers were some of the issues discussed during the Oct 17 to 21 Parliamentary debate. Here's a summary of the key points.
MORE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE
Grace Fu
Senior Minister of State ...
The letter below was written by Chew I-Jin, chairperson of AWARE's Sub-committee on single women. It was sent to the Straits Times Forum pages in late January. The editors received it but did not publish it.
Dear Sir/Madam,
AWARE supports call for singles to own flats at 25
I refer to the F...
2006 - AWARE-TSAO addresses issues faced by older women who are outliving their male counterparts, but have less financial security, health care and are more dependent on children. They make recommendations in the areas of employment policies, CPF and social protection policies, healthcare financing...
