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Feedback for the Committee of Family Justice
January 1st, 2013 | Family and Divorce2013 – The Committee for Family Justice was established in 2013 to look into reform to the family justice system to... -
Let’s Not Forget That Most Of Us Are Descendants Of Migrant Workers!
Should we ignore the conditions of foreign domestic workers who work behind the closed doors of family homes, and have even fewer opportunities than male migrant workers to voice their concerns, much less organise an “illegal strike”? By Vivienne Wee. -
AWARE Is Fighting Workplace Sexual Harassment
December 18th, 2012 | Gender-based Violence, Workplace HarassmentLast month, AWARE released a 70 page report on workplace sexual harassment highlighting the inadequacies of the current system in protecting employees... -
Taking A Stand Against Sexual Violence
December 18th, 2012 | Gender-based Violence, Workplace HarassmentSpeech by Winifred Loh, AWARE President @ SlutWalk 2012 Good evening. Many thanks to everyone for being here, taking... -
Why civil society must uphold womens rights as human rights
December 10th, 2012 | Children and Young People, Gender-based ViolenceAt the EU Seminar on “Regional Approaches to Human Rights in Europe and Southeast Asia”, held on 10th December 2012... -
The right to protection from marital rape
December 10th, 2012 | Gender-based Violence, Letters and op-edsThe Singapore Penal Code accords legal immunity to husbands who rape their wives. The assumption is that by getting married, a woman loses her right to say ‘no’ to any sexual demand imposed by her husband, including violent rape. But sexual penetration without consent is rape. By Wong Pei Chi, Paroma Ray, Vivienne Wee and Nadzirah Samsudin. -
AWARE applauds State’s signing of the CRPD
December 4th, 2012 | Children and Young People, Older People and CaregivingSigning the Convention underscores Singapore’s collective commitment to do even more to improve the lives of persons with disabilities through early intervention, education, employment, adult care and other measures. By Emily Lim, Lim Yen Ling and other members of AWARE’s Gender and Disability Project Team. The piece was first published in Today on Dec 3, 2012. -
Proceed with caution on social egg freezing
November 21st, 2012 | Letters and op-eds, Sexual and Reproductive HealthReproductive technologies tend to have class biases. We should ensure that our policies do not encourage and enable only a narrow category of women to reproduce, and thereby deepen inequalities among women. By Dr Kanwaljit Soin and Dr Vivienne Wee. This piece was first published in The Straits Times on Nov 21, 2012. -
SlutWalk Singapore: Take two
SlutWalk Singapore drives home the message that victim-blaming and slut-shaming should be eradicated. It all started with a single sentence...