What does it truly cost to live well in Singapore?
According to a recent Minimum Income Standard study by the National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), the monthly figure is $3,200 for single parents, and up to $...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2021.
29 July 2021 - Implement comprehensive sexuality education covering consent, violence and gender roles in all schools in Singapore. Place a legal obligation on employers to address workplace harassment. Impose a temporary,...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on 22 July 2021.
It is 2021, and 50 years since the passing of the Women's Charter in Singapore. So why are we still debating the value and necessity of divorce?
A recent proposal by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) ...
"I think this is something that we could rely on in future, when violence happens again. That really gave us hope."
AWARE was founded in 1985 and marks its 35th birthday in 2020. In that time, the organisation has effected important changes in Singapore laws and policies relating to gender eq...
This commentary was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 7 November 2020.
SINGAPORE: A while ago, I was watching the Netflix series Sex Education.
For the uninitiated, Sex Education follows Otis, a teenager who starts giving out advice to his school mates after years of observing ...
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The Advocacy, Research and Communications department conducts research on gender issues in Singapore, from single parents and low-income mothers to eldercare, migrant spouses and workers and more. As p...
Gender and the Coronavirus
Few communities around the world have remained unscathed from the global COVID-19 outbreak. Yet the pandemic underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women (and so many other vulnerable people), in areas such as unemployment, housing, caregiving and do...
From 26 February to 6 March 2020, a team of interns from AWARE visited Parliament to follow the 2020 Committee of Supply (CoS) debates.
The CoS debates occur after the National Budget is announced. They comprise an examination into each ministry’s plans, during which individual Members of ...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 11 March 2020.
We appreciate the concerns raised by Mr Oh Ee Hoe about the potential misuse of the personal protection order (PPO) regime through false reports (Have safeguards to ensure personal protection orders are no...
