By Vivienne Wee (Dr), Research and Advocacy Director, AWARE
We applaud the Government's intention of promoting greater transparency among transnational couples ("New rules clear air for transnational marriages"; last Saturday).
These couples can apply for a Letter of Eligibility for a Long-Term V...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
This letter was written for the Straits Times Forum, responding to this letter, but was not published as some points were seen as irrelevant to the career woman vs. stay-at-home-mom debate. We are publishing the letter here to discu...
By Vivienne Wee, Research and Advocacy Director, Association of Women for Action and Research
In his commentary “Are you ‘of this place’?” (May 5), Dr Jeremy Lim made the important point that belonging derives from one’s commitment and contributions to the society of which one is a memb...
By Corinna Lim
For every 1 person that comes into Singapore to replace our shrinking citizenship, 2.5 persons are allowed in as transient workers for pure economic reasons. That is high and this is what the current debate should focus on instead of lumping the economic and demographic issues as on...
The problem of human trafficking - including sex trafficking - and the rights of foreign women married to Singaporean husbands were discussed during the Nov 21 to 22 sitting of Parliament. The following is a summary of the key points.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
In response to a question by Member of Parl...
After years of preparation, the AWARE’s CEDAW team saw our hard work pay off with our successful lobbying efforts at the United Nations.
By Nadzirah Samsudin
After 10 intense days in New York, AWARE’s CEDAW team is back home and geared up for the next phase of making CEDAW real in Singap...
The following are some highlights from the Singapore government’s responses to questions posed by the United Nations’ CEDAW Committee on July 22
On anti-discrimination legislation
While Singapore lacks specific legislation prohibiting discrimination based on gender, article XII of its ...
This year marks the third time that AWARE is submitting a Shadow Report to the United Nations committee on the Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
On July 18, our CEDAW team made their presentation to the UN CEDAW Committee at the UN headquarters in...
AWARE’s Letter to the Straits Times Forum Page, published June 14, 2011
We refer to the report “Singapore toughens its stance on human trafficking” ( ST June 11). We are very heartened to learn that the government intends to sign the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Puni...
