This op-ed was originally published in TODAY on 14 September 2020.
In a written reply to a parliamentary question filed on Sept 4, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said that from February to July 2020, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority received 8,395 applications from migrant...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 14 September 2020.
We are heartened to see Members of Parliament recognise the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable groups (Do not leave vulnerable groups behind as economy transforms amid Covid-19, say MPs, Sept 2).
However, there are g...
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This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 3 August 2020.
Immigration policies and travel restrictions brought about by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic are putting transnational families under tremendous stress.
In the last month, the Association of Women for Action and Res...
On 30 June 2020, AWARE made a submission to the the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women. Our submission focused on COVID-19 and the increase of domestic violence against women.
Compared to the same period last year, the AWARE Women's Helpline has received a 65%, 119%, ...
written by Saraniyah D/O V Saravanan
What are some common myths about domestic violence?
“We tend to think of domestic violence as spousal violence, but that’s not really true,” said Shailey Hingorani, Head of Research and Advocacy at AWARE, whereas domestic violence can be committed...
This post was originally published as a press release on 1 June 2020.
1 June 2020 - Migrant wives are more vulnerable than Singaporean women to family violence, and face disadvantages in divorce, as they lack the independent right to reside in Singapore.
Those are the findings of gender-eq...
This commentary was originally published in RICE Media on 6 May 2020.
It’s a common refrain these days that the coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. Yet social policies, even those meant to provide relief from the pandemic, do.
Even before the coronavirus outbreak, the migran...
Gender and the Coronavirus
Few communities around the world have remained unscathed from the global COVID-19 outbreak. Yet the pandemic underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women (and so many other vulnerable people), in areas such as unemployment, housing, caregiving and do...