This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 9 August 2022.
Recently, there were two reported incidents of migrant domestic workers with eldercare duties being convicted of harming their care recipients.
No act of violence against anyone, particularly against vulnerable indiv...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 9 July 2022.
The Association of Women for Action and Research is pleased to hear that the advisory committee on platform workers is adopting the principle that a delivery gig worker is not dissimilar from a worker who does delivery work...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 3 June 2022.
Anti-discrimination legislation is a highlight of the recent White Paper on Singapore Women's Development. This legislation will enshrine existing Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) g...
This post was originally published as a press release on 11 May 2022.
Securing permanent housing, keeping gainfully employed and improving interpersonal relationships: Having access to safe, secure housing for six months or more enables single mothers and their children to do all the above.
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This letter was originally published in TODAY on 26 April 2022.
The vision outlined in the Government’s White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development last month is commendable.
Measures such as the upcoming anti-discrimination legislation and increased financial support for caregivers h...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 14 April 2022.
Career mentorship programmes were one of the proposed action plans in the recently endorsed White Paper on Singapore Women's Development to support gender diversity on boards (Mentoring aspiring women directors to be ...
This op-ed was originally published to The Business Times on 5 April 2022.
ARE Singapore's workplaces doing enough to address gender inequality?
On Mar 28, the government unveiled its long-awaited White Paper on Singapore Women's Development: a 25-point action plan, 18 months in the making. ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 March 2022.
29 March 2022 - Increased financial support for caregivers to the elderly. An anti-discrimination law prohibiting both workplace harassment and further retaliation against affected parties. A new set of Tripartite Guideli...
This letter was originally published to The Straits Times on 11 February 2022.
We appreciate Mr Abhishek Bajaj's letter, "More can be done to help underprivileged women" (Feb 7), about the need for a "systematic approach to address the factors inhibiting mothers from taking up work opportun...
