After a year-long hiatus, the annual arts festival series returns as the all-new Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). Led by Festival Director Ong Keng Sen, the Festival starts on 26 June beginning with a 17-day pre-festival programme, The O.P.E.N., and culminating with SIFA and its st...
AWAREs annual Alamak! Award is back, "honouring" the most jaw-dropping instance of sexism over the past year.
Everyday, we see and hear comments, advertisements and policies that perpetuate gender stereotypes and sexist attitudes. In response, AWARE created the Alamak! Award, an annual search f...
Dear SAFRA,
Who is your gym for?
You know the ad we mean. There’s been chatter about it on Facebook and The Online Citizen. We’ve read the debate, and since we keep getting asked, here’s our perspective as a gender equality advocacy group.
This poster hasn’t appeared in a vacuum. It’s...
Today is Safer Internet Day. While the Government is planning new legislation this year to address harassment, it is essential to remember that online harassment often specifically targets women and girls.
Women and girls often receive sexist messages online. These range from threats of rape and ...
The We Can! campaign held its inaugural arts festival on 8 December 2013, a rainy Sunday afternoon that did not deter more than 250 people from attending and squeezing into the rooms and corridors of Aliwal Arts Centre to break the silence of violence.
The We Can! Arts Fest aimed to start a dialogu...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
For many, January is a time for reinvention, and one of the most common aspirations expressed is weight loss. Many people, especially women, speak about “slimming down” as a high priority - even a duty.
Some are motivated b...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Mr Chong Zi Liang suggests that a prudish drive to stamp out "lewd lyrics", "swearing" and "dirty talk" in the military would be misplaced ("Aware missed an opportunity to engage"; last Sunday).
He might be surprised to he...
By Sumedha Jalote, Communications Executive, AWARE
The recent charges against two doctors involved in the death of a liposuction patient highlight the health risks of aesthetic surgery ("First liposuction death: Docs and clinic charged"; last Thursday).
With the growing popularity of cosmetic ...
The word feminism can elicit extreme reactions. Some completely identify with it, while many say: I believe in gender equality but I am not a feminist.
What exactly is feminism? The definition can vary from feminist to feminist, and many misconceptions prevail.
AWARE has put toget...
