AWARE welcomes the recent announcement by the Minister for Social and Family Development (MSF) Masagos Zulkifli, regarding improvements in accessibility for lower-income families seeking childcare subsidies.
Starting 9 Dec 2024, all lower-income families with a gross monthly household income of S...
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...
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 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 29 March 2022.
29 March 2022 - Increased financial support for caregivers to the elderly. An anti-discrimination law prohibiting both workplace harassment and further retaliation against affected parties. A new set of Tripartite Guideli...
This post was originally published as a press release on 19 February 2022.
Gender-equality organisation AWARE welcomed a range of measures announced yesterday by Finance Minister Lawrence Wong in Singapore’s “Charting Our New Way Forward Together” National Budget.
In particular, the ...
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 letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 12 March 2021.
We hope that the Government will continue to engage with low-wage workers in Singapore, including workers with no formal contracts or employee benefits (Better support for gig workers to be looked into, says DPM Heng, Feb...
