Category: Gender-based Violence

Roundtable Discussion: Gender in Indian Scripture

Feminine Protests in the Ramayana and Mahabharata Ahalya draupadi sita tara mandodari tatha ...

Daughters of Tomorrow Charity Screening: Miss Representation

As part of our International Women’s Day celebration, AWARE and Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) are hol...

Let’s call a rape a rape

By Wong Pei Chi and Jolene Tan Media coverage and popular discussion of rape give disproportionate ...

Saying ‘no’ to seemingly harmless sexist views

Few Singaporeans may intend to be sexist or think of themselves as such. But some instances show tha...

AWARE’s Open Letter to Indian PM on Violence Against Women in India

Your Excellency The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE) of Singapore is horrifie...

AWARE Is Fighting Workplace Sexual Harassment

Last month, AWARE released a 70 page report on workplace sexual harassment highlighting the inadeq...

Taking A Stand Against Sexual Violence

Speech by Winifred Loh, AWARE President @ SlutWalk 2012   Good evening.  Many thanks to everyo...

Why civil society must uphold women’s rights as human rights

At the EU Seminar on "Regional Approaches to Human Rights in Europe and Southeast Asia", held on 10t...

The right to protection from marital rape

The Singapore Penal Code accords legal immunity to husbands who rape their wives. The assumption is...