Everyone deserves a home. But Singapore's housing policies create hardship for single-parent families. HDB's complicated rules favour married couples, leaving single parents scrambling with frequent house moves, financial drain, strained family relationships, emotional stress and long waits, just f...
This post was originally published as a press release on 20 February 2017.
This afternoon’s Budget speech by Minister of Finance Heng Swee Keat sought to set out directions for the future economy, but could have done substantially more to tackle the significant issue of the care economy i...
AWARE & Daughters Of Tomorrow, with the support of J.P. Morgan, launch new initiative to train underprivileged women as caregivers for the elderly
Up to 100 Singaporean women from lower-income families will undergo functional and soft skills training, as well as confidence building, to find w...
Are you facing trouble finding or keeping work while caring for your children? Would you like to talk about your situation and voice your opinion? Come join us for a discussion so we can promote change!
Are you:
25 - 62 years old
Taking care of children below age 18
Household income be...
This post was originally published as a press release on 17 January 2017.
Gender equality group AWARE submitted its seventh annual set of recommendations for the National Budget through the public consultation portal REACH on 13 January.
“The Budget will be announced on 20 February, the...
What a rewarding year 2016 has been! Keeping up the momentum from last year, AWARE has made leaps and bounds in our work towards gender equality through our advocacy, services and programmes. Your support made all our efforts possible. Here are some highlights of the year.
1. We champio...
An edited version of this post was originally published as a letter in The Straits Times on 30 November 2016.
The glass ceiling is, sadly, alive and well (“Glass ceiling has already been broken; Nov 27). Family norms and societal expectations of towards women remain real forces - as evide...
Here is a compiled and updated list of questions raised in Parliament that are related to AWARE’s work, or are of concern to our organisation.
3 March 2017 – Paternity leave
Mr Seah Kian Peng asked the MSF how many eligible working fathers have applied for a full week of paid paternity ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 17 October 2016.
Gender equality group AWARE asked guests at its annual gala dinner this year to dig deep into their pockets to support lower-income women.
The donation pledge theme at the WORLD Ball 2016, held on 17 October at the St ...
