Research & Campaigns

Roundtable Discussion: Violence Against Women

Last year, AWARE commissioned a group of final year Ngee Ann Polytechnic students to conduct a survey on public attitudes...

The health of older women matters!

Women's health issues are often defined in terms of fertility and reproductive health - a bias that leads to neglect of women past the age of fertility. By Rachel Pullen, Vivienne Wee, and Nadzirah Samsudin. A shorter version of this article was first published in TODAY, on 8 April 2013.

“Pro-Family” Policies Need Rethinking (Part 2)

The state – as a representation of society – has the responsibility of creating enabling conditions so that people can lead the lives they want. That should be at the core of its interventions–providing conditions that enable, and that enable across the board – regardless of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, marital status, and so on. This is the second part of an interview with AWARE Board Member Teo You Yenn.

“Pro-Family” Policies Need Rethinking (Part 1)

If one stops to think about how much effort, money and personal sacrifice is required for raising a child in contemporary Singapore, we know that raising children as single parents is very difficult. Ours is a situation where married couples with two incomes are limiting their fertility, not one where people will eagerly “choose” to raise children alone. This is the first part of an interview with AWARE Board Member Teo You Yenn.

Managers’ Guide To Dealing With Workplace Sexual Harassment

  If you are looking for more info on sexual harassment, see here   Does your workplace have a clear...

Let all women make free, informed choices

All people should have equal access to patient-centred healthcare, including abortion services. Population engineering and the policing of women’s bodily autonomy in the name of demographic goals go against the principles of equality and human freedom, and cannot be tolerated. By Corinna Lim, Jolene Tan, and Kokila Annamalai. A shorter version of this article was first published in The Straits Times Forum on 24 March, 2013.

Recognising the paradox of “choice” on International Women’s Day

It is misleading to pretend that women are fully able to exercise their individual “choices” when, in reality, they are restricted from pursuing alternatives that suit them better than the limited options currently on offer.By Wong Pei Chi. This article was first published in IPS Commons on 8 March 2013.

What’s Your Wish For Women’s Day?

This International Women’s Day, we asked our Facebook fans what was one gender stereotype they wished they could change, and...

Workshop Series: Gender Matters

A guide to understanding feminism and concepts of gender in ourselves and our society The word “feminism” can elicit extreme...