Read about AWARE's achievements and how AWARE affected change over the last 20 years.

1985
Registered as a voluntary organisation  

1986
Joins with SCWO to campaign against domestic violence  

1986
Sexism in advertising is targeted by AWARE who seeks changes to the Singapore Code of Advertising Practice  

1990
AWARE sets up a women's centre on Racecourse Road

1990
Started a telephone helpline service and face-to-face counselling, a free legal clinic and support groups for different groups of women

1993
Launched the Shirin Fozdar Trust, which funds research and provides education grants

1994
Educational policy changes made so that girls did not have to learn home economics and be barred from doing technical studies

1994
Hedwig Anuar wins Woman of the Year

 

1995
Women's centre moved to Dover Crescent

1995
Dr Kanwaljit Soin (president of AWARE), as a NMP, moved a private member's bill on violence against women

Three AWARE presidents have been NMPs since the NMP scheme was introduced in the early 1990s - Kanwaljit Soin, Claire Chiang and Braema Mathi.

1997- 1999
English language courses were run by AWARE

2002
The restriction of 1/3rd women medical students at NUS was removed

2002
AWARE produced a shadow country report for the UN Committee on CEDAW

2002
10 equality-based recommendations from AWARE went to the Remaking Singapore Committee

2003

The White Ribbon Campaign, against violence, was supported by AWARE

2004
AWARE Training Institute Established

2004
Law changed to allow citizenship for children born overseas to Singaporean women

2005

Women civil servants granted the same medical benefits as men