This post was originally published as a letter in The Straits Times on Dec 8, 2015.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) recently conducted a public consultation on the Women's Charter ("Proposed maintenance for ex-husbands to go ahead"; Dec 8).
The Association of Women for Ac...
AWARE was recently invited to submit recommendations to the proposed amendments of the Women's Charter through the public consultation portal REACH. We have submitted our comments on the proposed amendments in the Women’s Charter (Amendment) Bill 2016. As stated in the Consultation Paper of the Mi...
Amid SG50’s stories of national progress, one major facet of Singapore’s achievements – the struggle for women’s rights and gender equality – will soon be brought under a spotlight.
Last week, AWARE released an exciting video preview of Women’s Action, a richly immersive website telli...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Under the current law, divorce is not permitted in the first three years of marriage unless a court finds that there has been "exceptional depravity or hardship". This is an unnecessarily burdensome requirement.
The time bar ...
WE WELCOME Justice Choo Han Teck's suggestion to review the Women's Charter, including its provisions on maintenance, to better reflect the values of gender equality ("Maintenance not an unalloyed right of women: Judge").
Spousal maintenance is necessary because domestic labour remains unequally ...
By Jolene Tan
An employment history with substantial gaps due to childcare translates into lower long-term earning power.
I refer to Mr Oo Choon Peng’s letter, “Women’s Charter: Time to review basis for claiming maintenance” (Dec 26).
The Association of Women for Action and Research has...
Transparency in court cases is conducive to accountability. However, the provisions for discretionary and compulsory anonymity can sometimes serve a greater interest.
By Michael Hor
The recent media excitement over several criminal prosecutions involving a sexual element has created some discomf...
The United Nations' CEDAW Committee has considered the 4th periodic report of the Singapore government and issued the following comments.
POSITIVE ASPECTS
The Committee welcomes the progress achieved since the consideration of the State party’s 3rd periodic report in 2007, including the le...
A new service offered by a credit bureau will make maintenance payment records part of credit reports.
A failure to pay spousal or child support can now be recorded on an individual’s credit report. The DP SME Commercial Credit Bureau (the Bureau) has been designated by the Ministry of Commun...
