This post was originally published as a press release on 7 March 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE commends the Government’s move to lift the three-year time-bar imposed on divorced couples for purchase of subsidised housing, urging the state to apply the removal to all, regardless of their car...
This post was originally published as a press release on 14 February 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and disability advocacy group DPA (Disabled People’s Association) have called for stronger protection against employment discrimination in a joi...
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...
An edited version of this piece was originally published as an op-ed in The Straits Times’ Opinion section on 23 September 2017. The print version as well as the initial online version contained a number of edits introduced by the newspaper without our consent. The Straits Times subsequently...
Today, a parliamentary petition - signed by seven single parents - was presented to Parliament, urging changes to HDB’s current housing policies for single-parent families.
AWARE worked closely with MP Louis Ng to make this happen. Like you, we believe that our housing policies must support AL...
This post was originally published as a press release on 7 September 2017.
Seven single parents have signed a parliamentary petition, to be presented at the next parliamentary sitting on 11 September, urging changes to HDB’s current housing policies for single-parent families.
Gender equa...
May* is a Singapore PR, who has been living and working in Singapore for ten years. She was married to a Singaporean before getting divorced. They have a child together, also a Singaporean, who now lives with May.
May’s citizenship and marital status limit her housing options. As her child is o...
By Nurin Adila Shahrin, GEC volunteer
More than 40 participants gathered for the second session of Gender Equality is Our Culture’s (GEC) Ramadan Talks, to learn more about the causes and consequences of teenage pregnancy and marriage within the Malay-Muslim community in Singapore. Since 2006, ...
This article was first published in TODAY Voices on 18 May 2017.
Recent conversation acknowledging the reality of post-partum depression (PPD) is a positive step forward. But societal support needs to be more readily available for mothers affected by mental health difficulties, or struggling with...
