Tag: religion

Battling over the moral meaning of gender equality

Socio-political commentator Alex Au reviews a new book that analyses the wider implications of the 2009 AWARE saga. By Alex Au As the Singapore government gradually retreats from social engineering in the face of a better educated, more assertive generation, the vacuum so produced may not be...

Untold stories about women of faith

Gender equality featured prominently in the early stages of many religions. This needs to be more widely known. There are too many important stories about women of faith that we do not know well enough, or do not know at all. These stories may well change our expectations for gender equality in...