May* is a Singapore PR, who has been living and working in Singapore for ten years. She was married to a Singaporean before getting divorced. They have a child together, also a Singaporean, who now lives with May.
May’s citizenship and marital status limit her housing options. As her child is o...
Many parents are not aware that taking their own child to another country without the consent of the other parent could be viewed as “abduction” under the Hague Convention. Since Singapore became a signatory in 2010, the 1980 multilateral treaty has been a source of struggle for a number of ofte...
In December 2016, to commemorate International Migrants Day, AWARE released a policy brief calling for greater equality and inclusion for foreign spouses of citizens. We later heard from P, a Singapore citizen, about the difficulties he has faced due to the current immigration rules.
P is a s...
This post was originally published as a press release on 14 December 2016.
In view of International Migrants Day on 18 December, AWARE has released a policy brief highlighting key laws and policies that discriminate against the foreign spouses of Singapore citizens, with particular impact on the ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 November 2016.
29 November 2016 - In view of World AIDS Day on 1 December, AWARE has released a study highlighting the experiences and vulnerabilities of non-sex worker women living with HIV or HIV-positive partners.
Commissioned b...
An edited version of this letter was published in The Straits Times on 10 November 2016.
The latest changes to conditions for Speaker’s Corner events and indoor assemblies suggest a troubling closing off to different perspectives (“Keeping domestic issues for locals”, 1 Nov).
Citizens ha...
There have been many questions of concern raised in parliament about the denial of PR status for non-Singaporean parents of citizen children. NMP Kuik Shiao-Yin had asked: what are the precise circumstances that justify giving a child citizenship but denying their parents PR status? When would you ...
This letter was first published on The Straits Times, 18 August 2016.
The stigma around ‘mail order brides’ is only one challenge faced by the foreign wives of lower-income men in Singapore (‘Curb stigma against foreign brides’; ST Forum, August 13). Though unions between Singaporeans a...
On Friday 24 June 2016, AWARE took part in the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council session in Geneva which adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report for Singapore. The UPR is a process where UN member states offer recommendations to one another on matters of human rights.
This i...
