By Nurin Adila Shahrin, GEC volunteer
This piece delves into the guest speaker’s experience of Islamaphobic hate crimes.
In collaboration with DOT (Daughters of Tomorrow), GEC (Gender Equality is Our Culture) held our Hari Raya celebration on 24 July, with plenty of food, fun, games and fri...
By Filzah Sumartono (GEC coordinator) & Firqin Sumartono
A version of this article was published in Karyawan magazine.
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More women are entering into the public sphere in contemporary so...
We invite you to contribute your story to our forthcoming book “Growing Up Perempuan”! This book is meant to be a compilation of the experiences of women from different generations in Singapore being socialised to grow up as Muslim and/or Malay women, including the impact such socialisation ...
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, ...
By Nurin Adila Shahrin, GEC volunteer
GEC (Gender Equality is Our Culture) kick-started this year’s Ramadan Talks with an exploration of marriage education and gender roles in Islamic families. We had the pleasure of hosting Associate Professor Maznah Mohamad and Dr. Suriani Suratman from NUS, ...
Gender Equality is Our Culture project (GEC) presents Ramadan Talks 2017! We will be holding a 2-part series of presentations and discussions about issues in the Muslim community.
Food and prayer space will be provided.
Event details
Thursdays, 1 & 8 June 2017
SCWO Centre, 96 Waterlo...
Ramadan Talks are back! For our second round of Ramadan Talks we will be holding a 2-part series of presentations and discussions about Muslim women.
Transcending Multiracialism: A Case Study of the Hijab Debate in Singapore
by Humairah Zainal (NTU) and George Wong (NTU)
This presentation...
From 27 February to 1 March, AWARE co-organised a regional conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to discuss “Working towards Justice and Equality in Muslim Families in Diverse Contexts”.
This conference was a collaboration between AWARE, Solidaritas Perempuan (SP) in Indonesia and the regiona...
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With the development of new media, people are now able to access large amounts of knowledge easily. The search for gender equality in Islam has been greatly influenced by peoples dissemination of...
