On 12 March 2016, we held Fair For All Families, a community carnival in support of single parents and their children, in commemoration of International Women’s Day. We’re heartened to witness the overwhelming support for single parents at the carnival. Over 400 people gathered at Hong Lim Pa...
By Vivienne Wee, Research & Advocacy Director, and Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
Poverty and housing have recently come into focus in the news. The Fresh Start Housing Scheme, touted as addressing housing affordability, is intended to help former flat owners ...
In a 2 hour roundtable session, the issue of breastfeeding in public in Singapore will be discussed amongst key speakers as well as members of the public. The discussion will cover breastfeeding at workplaces and in public spaces as well as how to make Singapore more inclusive for nursing mums b...
AWARE’s sixth annual set of recommendations for the national Budget was submitted through the public consultation portal REACH on 26 February. In it, we focus our attention on the disproportionate impact of the ageing population on women, because of society’s reliance on mostly-female family mem...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 4 February 2016.
The Ministry of Finance recently stated its intention to enhance "care support" so that Singaporeans can better "balance aspirations in work and family life".
This goal cannot be achieved without more equal sharing o...
Over the past year, a lively discussion on caregiving and eldercare has taken place, both in national newspapers as well as online. There is increasing consensus that given the ageing population, there should be more state support for caregiving and better quality care. What does this discussion imp...
A guest blog post by Camille Neale
On 10 December 2015, in celebration of the annual international human rights day, the Delegation of the European Union to Singapore hosted a seminar on “Progress and Perspectives for Women’s rights in Singapore and ASEAN”. The seminar explored the progress...
A guest blog post by Alison Kuah
Breast-Feeding Friends (BFF) is a non-profit social campaign initiated by four students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) who wish to promote an inclusive breastfeeding-friendly culture in Singapore, especially in public places.
"[Oviyum] chanced u...
This post was originally published as a letter in The Straits Times on Dec 8, 2015.
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) recently conducted a public consultation on the Women's Charter ("Proposed maintenance for ex-husbands to go ahead"; Dec 8).
The Association of Women for Ac...
