This article was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 5 November 2018.
In Singapore, women earn a staggering S$640,000 less than their male counterparts over a 40-year career.
The differential, which includes CPF contributions, was calculated as part of AWARE’s ongoing research on ho...
What’s next in single parents’ fight for equal access to housing?
This year, housing rules were relaxed to allow more divorced parents to buy subsidised housing immediately upon divorce. However, many other single-parent families continue to face challenges in securing affordable and secure...
On 13 October 2018, AWARE held a launch party for A Place To Call Home - a photo-essay exhibition by single-parent families. The exhibition is the powerful, heartfelt result of months of creative work by five individuals from single-parent families. Each artist generously opened up their homes and f...
This post was originally published as a press release on 13 October 2018.
Shots of messy, colourful bedrooms, of stainless steel cleaning appliances and of post-it notes from daughter to mother on a kitchen wall - these images are part of A Place To Call Home, a photo essay exhibition curren...
If inequality is the biggest challenge facing Singapore today, what policy solutions will decrease the gap between the "best" and the rest? How can we give all children an equal start in life so that their circumstances at birth do not determine the rest of their lives? How can gender inequa...
“Inequality is one of the most serious issues facing Singapore today and if not tackled carefully, will cause society to fracture.” – Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam
Following AWARE’s enlightening panel discussion on poverty and inequality in August, 1880 continues the important...
Gender equality group AWARE applauds the long awaited repeal of marital immunity for rape and the decriminalisation of suicide in its submission to the public consultation on the Penal Code review. To increase reporting of sexual crimes, the group recommends comprehensive education for the public, p...
By Diana Rahim
First published here.
“The last time I was beaten terribly was during my fourth pregnancy.”
“My older sister would ask our neighbours for an egg or something to feed us.”
“[He would] demand sex even when she was still recovering from multiple miscarriages.”
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By Xenia Low, AWARE intern
On 11 August, more than 300 people showed up at the Singapore Post Auditorium for the Poverty has a Woman’s Face panel, where we launched AWARE’s report ”Why are you not working?: Low-income mothers explain challenges with work and care. The panelists delved int...
