This letter was published in The Straits Times on March 8 2021.
We are heartened to see efforts by the Family Justice Courts and Ministry of Social and Family Development to strengthen the enforcement of maintenance orders and simplify the process of serving summonses (More efforts to deal with m...
Important: Due to limited resources and overwhelming demand for counselling services during this period, AWARE's support groups have been cancelled until further notice. Clients seeking support for divorce-related issues can reach out to our Women's Helpline at 1800 777 5555 to speak with a train...
This op-ed was originally published in Channel NewsAsia on 11 October 2020.
SINGAPORE: Women in our society are like pieces of meat put on the table for men to slice, declared Chan Choy Siong in a fiery speech in the Legislative Assembly in April 1960.
Choy Siong, the People's Action Party (PA...
written by Bernard Foong and edited by Ashley Chua
Divorce takes up time, energy and money, and demands a lot of emotional resources. Regardless of whether or not you are prepared for it, the legal and financial reality of the process can hit hard for all parties. However, some basic knowledg...
written by Bernard Foong and edited by Ashley Chua
Divorce takes up time, energy and money, and demands a lot of emotional resources. Regardless of whether or not you are prepared for it, the legal and financial reality of the process can hit hard for all parties. However, some basic knowledge of...
written by Bernard Foong and edited by Ashley Chua
Divorce is often a daunting process. It takes up time, energy and money, and demands a lot of emotional resources.
Regardless of whether or not you are prepared for it, the legal and financial reality of the process can hit hard for all parties. H...
By Firqin Sumartono, AWARE volunteer
On 25 September, Associate Professor Maznah Mohamad held a talk at AWARE on intersectionality of the women’s movement in Malaya. The term ‘intersectional’ was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw (1989) which views that “cultural patterns of oppression are not...
Dr Kanwaljit Soin, one of the founding members of AWARE, spoke to 938LIVE last week on politics, meritocracy and ageism in Singapore.
During her time as a Nominated Member of Parliament since 1995, Dr Soin formulated a Family Violence Bill and integrated her proposals into the amendments to Wome...
A guest blog post by Camille Neale
On 10 December 2015, in celebration of the annual international human rights day, the Delegation of the European Union to Singapore hosted a seminar on “Progress and Perspectives for Women’s rights in Singapore and ASEAN”. The seminar explored the progress...
