CEDAW, adopted by the United Nations in 1979, defines discrimination against women and sets an agenda for nations to end inequitable laws, policies and practices. Every few years, Singapore reports to the UN on its progress in achieving gender equality, and NGOs are also invited to offer informa...
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Here is a compiled and updated list of questions raised in Parliament that are related to AWARE’s work, or are of concern to our organisation.
3 March 2017 – Paternity leave
Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the MSF how many eligible working fathers have applied for a full week of paid paternity ...
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12 April brought good news - unmarried mothers will receive 16 weeks of maternity leave, just like married mothers. Their children will be eligible for Child Development Accounts and receive the $3,00...
By Goh Li Sian, Research and Advocacy Coordinator, AWARE
We were not surprised to learn that measures such as the Baby Bonus have been found to be ineffective "incentives" for childbirth and parenthood ("Fewer sold on incentives to start a family: Survey"; last Tuesday).
Whether to have childr...
By Sumedha Jalote, Communications Executive, AWARE
The findings from the 2013 Survey on Social Attitudes of Singaporeans confirm that all workers, regardless of gender, need work-life balance (“Work eating into S’poreans’ family time: Survey”; May 27).
It is clear that men want to pla...
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 Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Ms Shelen Ang is right to suggest that we should value childcare – and other caregiving – performed by men (“Fathers deserve more recognition”, 14 June).
The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) has ...
By Jolene Tan and Teo You Yenn
In our society, families come in many forms. Every person has family, at least at some point in their life. The same individual’s family can look quite different at different times. These are empirical facts, not ideological positions.
It follows that the w...
