This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on December 24 2021.
For three in 10 victims of workplace sexual harassment who report their experiences, instead of setting them on a path to justice and recourse, it ends up triggering some form of retaliation - from perpetrators, employe...
This op-ed was originally published in the Business Times on December 17 2021.
MELISSA* (name changed to protect her identity) had just started work as a senior manager at a multinational corporation (MNC) when she began to be harassed by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. The CEO...
This post was originally published as a press release on 8 December 2021.
8 December 2021 - Many women who experience workplace sexual harassment in Singapore end up quitting their jobs, spending months or years out of work, going through extended periods of low productivity and facing other ...
by Nelle Lim*
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 author), and we have sought permission to...
This op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on October 26 2021
SINGAPORE: A fog of confusion hovers over sexual consent and what it really looks like.
In no other sexual assault case in recent history has this been more obvious than the case involving Singapore Management Universi...
This op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on October 5 2021.
When Annie* offers an opinion, her husband mocks her: “Wow, you are so smart now, is it?”
He often talks loudly, but if she begins to raise her voice, he gets upset. He discouraged her from looking for work. When sh...
This op-ed was originally published in Today on September 27 2021.
Are our offhand likes and shares on social media as innocuous as we might think? Perhaps not, if we are bystanders to online misogyny and violence.
A bystander is someone who witnesses an act of abuse, including violence aga...
This post was originally published as a press release on 2 September 2021.
A new study has filled in details in the picture of online misogyny in Singapore.
From April to August 2021, gender equality organisation AWARE and technology firm Quilt.AI conducted a collaborative research project...
This op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on August 19 2021.
SINGAPORE: The spectre of false sexual abuse accusations looms large in cultural narratives about sexual violence, with public anxiety about the ease and frequency of false reporting remaining high.
Although the evide...
