The next AWARE Roundtable is on Wednesday, 23 October, on how internet technologies have affected the womens movement in Singapore.
The identities of womens movements across the globe are shaped by the institutional contexts they are embedded in. Singapore is a compelling case study because ...
AWARE has launched its first contribution to the SchoolAsia lesson platform, in collaboration with arts showcase Etiquette.
The course on Gender Representation in the Media features both global & Singapore-based case studies for discussion, and is divided into four units: Miss Representatio...
There will be a free screening of Miss Representation at Singapore Management University on November 6, followed by a post-show discussion the representation of women in the media.
Miss Representation is a highly acclaimed US documentary that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and w...
This event is part of the AWARE Roundtable Sexual autonomy, free of coercion! series.
Why speak against autonomy? Why question freedom, empowerment, identity claims, calls for inclusion, or demands for recognition? And why especially challenge calls for embodied autonomy?
Taking a cue f...
Children and teens have limited capacities for processing challenges to their identities. It is our responsibility to create conditions in which the costs of their choices are not excessively high.
By Dr Teo You Yenn
When my students embark on research projects, they are required to undergo ethi...
The issue of representation of being seen and heard, and of giving voice to those otherwise silenced is paramount to feminist scholars and activists, whether this is understood in terms of democratic representation (elections, female ministers, etc.) or media representation (sufficie...
This year, AWARE is bringing to Singapore Miss Representation, a documentary that was produced in California, San Francisco, and which has been screened all over the world since 2011.
Miss Representation is about a matter close to the hearts of many people What it means to be a confident man...
Are today’s advertisements more sexualized? Or are they moving towards a more gender-neutral stance? Our January 19 Roundtable Discussion explored these issues by focusing on gender representations in the advertising industry.
By Veesha Chohan
Sarah Chalmers, an AWARE volunteer and a member of...
AWARE member Lee Yenyen (pictured below) ponders the damaging gender stereotypes found in the Chinese-language media here.
By Lee Yenyen
Watching an episode of Aunty Lucy left me feeling much infuriation.
For the sake of giving a review, I made myself watch three episodes. Not only did I ...
