Written by Victoria Jagger, AWARE intern
Following Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s Budget speech on 14 February 2023, Parliament conducted the Committee of Supply (COS) debates. COS debates are an opportunity for Members of Parliament (MPs) to discuss and question each Ministry’s ag...
This post was originally published as a press release on 15 February 2023.
Amid a suite of announcements in the 2023 National Budget aimed at boosting support for families and working parents, gender-equality organisation AWARE found cause for optimism. Yet the group also identified places wh...
[caption id="attachment_48908" align="alignnone" width="599"] (L-R) Speakers Lee Yoke Mun, Liyana Dhamirah, Dr Stephanie Chok and Jeyda Simren Sekhon Atac at "Living in Limbo" on 19 October 2022[/caption]
written by Kimberly Wong, Research Executive, AWARE
Why is it that in Singapore—a natio...
IMPORTANT: The venue has changed to Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Manasseh Meyer Building, Seminar Room 3-5. Kindly also note that Project Executive Lee Yoke Mun will replace Corinna Lim in representing AWARE.
Housing is a basic need. So why is it that in Singapore—a nation widely r...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 29 July 2022.
We agree with Ms Lam Yin Yin that pre-school should be made mandatory and provided free for those who are unable to afford it (Consider mandatory pre-school, and make it free for vulnerable children, July 25).
The Ass...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 28 July 2022.
Under the Adoption of Children Act 2022, which was passed in Parliament on May 9, couples seeking to adopt must be married under laws recognised by Singapore.
Later, the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF)...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 21 June 2022.
As a long-time social worker, I appreciated the Ministry of Social and Family Development's letter, "No fixed cap on how long families can stay at shelters" (June 11).
Homeless families and those experiencing viol...
This post was originally published as a press release on 11 May 2022.
Securing permanent housing, keeping gainfully employed and improving interpersonal relationships: Having access to safe, secure housing for six months or more enables single mothers and their children to do all the above.
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by Khaing Su Wai
What is the true cost of a life well lived in Singapore?
More than 90 attendees tuned in on Thursday, 13 January 2022 to find out the answer at an online panel discussion about the recently published Minimum Income Standard (MIS) study and its intersection with gender.
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