Written by Nanthini d/o T Sambanthan, AWARE intern
On the evening of Wednesday, 16 January, AWARE had the privilege of hosting “The Untold History of Singapore's Indian Women”, a talk by Constance Singam, former AWARE President and civil rights activist. The sold-out talk was moderated by Ran...
You are invited to attend a talk by Constance Singam, activist, author and former AWARE president, on the untold story of Singapore's Indian women.
'Little has been documented about the history of women in Singapore, and even less has been said about our Indian women.
Did you know, for ins...
This post was originally published as a press release on 12 January 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE submitted its eighth annual set of recommendations for the National Budget through the public consultation portal REACH on 12 January, calling for the Government to take concrete steps in endin...
The Singapore Advocacy Awards is hosting its first event of 2016, “Intercultural Encounters in Singapore” on 16 April. Singapore has been a hotpot of cultures since time immemorial. Within our multiracial and multireligious society, how do different groups and cultures understand and accommodate...
Over the last four years AWARE has made recommendations to the Ministry of Finance as part of the public consultations for the annual Singapore Budget.
Join our pre-budget forum to discuss the 2015 Budget and help us formulate our recommendations for the government's public consultation on t...
AWARE is gravely concerned by the proposed introduction of expanded police powers by the Public Order (Additional Temporary Provisions) Bill (the Bill). We call upon the government to withdraw the Bill and, failing that, Members of Parliament to reject the Bill.
The Bill proposes to grant e...
by Vivienne Wee and Faizah Jamal
World Population Day, 11 July, passes largely un-noticed in this “global city”. However, we cannot ignore how a world population now reaching 7.2 billion affects all life on this planet. Increasing demands for finite resources are aggravated by inequitabl...
By Corinna Lim
For every 1 person that comes into Singapore to replace our shrinking citizenship, 2.5 persons are allowed in as transient workers for pure economic reasons. That is high and this is what the current debate should focus on instead of lumping the economic and demographic issues as on...
2 February 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Population Paper – Why No Public Consultation and Considerations of Social Justice?”
It is commendable that the Government has released a Population Paper setting out its proposed population strategy from now till 2030. This forward planning and ...
