This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 18 January 2023.
Mum died last month.
I mourn her passing but I am also thankful she is no longer in pain. At a frail 93, her quality of life had not been good the past few years.
Today, there is a strange bittersweet void in ...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 9 August 2022.
Recently, there were two reported incidents of migrant domestic workers with eldercare duties being convicted of harming their care recipients.
No act of violence against anyone, particularly against vulnerable indiv...
The landmark White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, launched on 28 March 2022, has sparked a flurry of responses from the Singapore public, running the gamut from excitement to disappointment.
Accordingly, AWARE held an informal virtual town hall on Thursday, 14 April 2022, to allow ...
This letter was originally published to The Straits Times on 26 January 2022.
The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) echoes the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics' call for a review of the live-in rule for migrant domestic workers (Employers may find it hard...
Caregiving for someone with dementia is a huge undertaking, particularly when one is not adequately equipped to do so. M.E’s challenges in caring for the author’s mother are definitely not unique (Putting mum in a nursing home will be the last resort, Aug 16).
Many families in Singapore hire ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2021.
29 July 2021 - Implement comprehensive sexuality education covering consent, violence and gender roles in all schools in Singapore. Place a legal obligation on employers to address workplace harassment. Impose a temporary,...
This letter was posted in Today on 14 March 2021.
The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) is dismayed by the policy change on employment criteria for dependant’s pass holders in Singapore, where they will have to apply for a work pass to be hired here rather than on a Letter of...
written by Danesha Shah, Elijah Tay and Kamalini K.
From 24 February to 8 March, a team of AWARE interns tuned in to watch Singapore's 2021 Budget and Committee of Supply (CoS) debates.
The CoS debates occur after the National Budget is announced. They comprise an examination into each min...
This letter was published in The Straits Times on 28 Jan 2021.
During the circuit breaker period, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) saw an unprecedented spike in the number of calls to the Women's Helpline.
Like the many cases handled by family lawyers last year, a large...
