This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 23 August 2024.
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s first National Day Rally, where he mandated four weeks of paternity leave and introduced 10 weeks of shared parental leave, among other measures to ease the pressures of caregiving, w...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 15 February 2023.
I cheered – alongside, I imagine, parents across Singapore – when Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong announced that government-paid paternity leave would be doubled from the current two w...
This post was originally published as a press release on 15 February 2023.
Amid a suite of announcements in the 2023 National Budget aimed at boosting support for families and working parents, gender-equality organisation AWARE found cause for optimism. Yet the group also identified places wh...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 March 2022.
29 March 2022 - Increased financial support for caregivers to the elderly. An anti-discrimination law prohibiting both workplace harassment and further retaliation against affected parties. A new set of Tripartite Guideli...
This was originally published in The Straits Times on August 11 2021.
The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) welcomes the changes to the Child Development Co-Savings Act, especially the recognition of stillbirths through the extension of birth-linked leave and benefits to pare...
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 originally published in The Straits Times on 22 April 2021.
Journalist Malavika Menon's column, "Hard choice between career and motherhood" (April 18), resonated with me as a new mother who values her career as a social worker.
My daughter is only five months old, and various o...
Our “Your Stories” series are submissions shared with us via email or in one-on-one interviews, for the purposes of our research and campaigns. All names have been changed (unless the use of real names was explicitly permitted by the author), and we have sought permission to publish from...
By Shailey Hingorani, Head of Advocacy & Research, AWARE
At the Exemplary Father Award ceremony on Sunday 14 July, President Halimah Yacob said that employers should do more to encourage their worker...
