"This was valuable... it made me reflect on my own values regarding sex and what I may project onto my children."
"It opens up our inhibitions and gives us real opportunities to put [our thoughts into] words."
"Often boys are let off the hook, but I think they should be mindful and learn a...
You are a Singaporean who has been presented with a great career opportunity in Australia. You decide to take it—though it means leaving your ageing parents behind at home. Yet as your parents grow frailer, and their care needs increase, how will you make sure they are sufficiently looked after ...
by Yashaswini Arvind Rao, AWARE intern
From 28 February to 6 March 2019, a team of interns from AWARE visited Parliament to follow the 2019 Committee of Supply (CoS) debates.
The CoS debates occur after the National Budget is announced. They comprise an examination into each ministry’s ...
By Valerie Gan Garry, 2nd Vice-President, AWARE
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 auth...
How do you talk to your children about sex?
It’s a topic that many parents are happy to put off discussing for as long as possible. But what are the consequences of making home an environment where talks about physical intimacy are off-limits?
Birds & Bees is an experiential wo...
Written by Rachel Lee, AWARE intern
Don’t be salty if you missed this workshop, parents.
"Salty"? Yeah, it means "upset" in slang these days.
A pop quiz consisting of slang used by today's teens was a highlight of the experiential workshop Birds & Bees, held at AWARE Centre on the m...
How do you talk to your children about sex?
It's a topic that many parents are happy to put off discussing for as long as possible. But what are the consequences of making home an environment where talks about physical intimacy are off-limits?
Birds & Bees is an experiential workshop ...
By Sya Taha, co-founder of Crit Talk
On Saturday, 17 November 2018, Crit Talk, an AWARE Power Fund grantee, conducted a ‘Positive Parenting and Intimacy’ workshop to kickstart a conversation between parents on how to talk to their children about sex and their bodies.
Positive parenting me...
This post was originally published as a press release on 21 November 2018.
A survey conducted by gender equality group AWARE and students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Diploma in Psychology Studies programme found youth knowledge about contraceptives to be poor. Notably, more than half the r...
