In collaboration with Beyond Social Services and other organisations, AWARE has been providing support to low-income families through the Mind the Gap COVID-19 relief fund.
AWARE has focused its support on households with single mothers, migrant spouses and self-employed persons. Fr...
Verbal abuse. Unfair treatment. A company culture rife with cliques and exclusion. Everyone has a story about a “horrible boss”, or a toxic office environment that sucks the joy out of employees. These experiences are so common, they beg the question: Have we normalised bullying at work?
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Self-employed persons (SEPs) in Singapore suffered an average 60% loss in income during the COVID-19 circuit breaker, AWARE has found in a new survey.
While 60% of our 25 respondents managed to receive COVID-related government financial assistance, many encountered difficulties applying to SI...
This post was originally published as a press release on 8 June 2020.
8 June 2020 - Family caregivers in Singapore shoulder a heavier care burden during COVID-19, while their incomes decrease and out-of-pocket expenditures rise.
These are the findings of a survey carried out in May by th...
AWARE is conducting a new survey on low-income self-employed persons in Singapore, about the effects of COVID-19 and their experiences applying for government assistance.
To be eligible for this survey:
You must be female.
You must be self-employed/freelancing. (If you are not sure wh...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 30 January 2020.
Forum contributor Cheng Shoong Tat asked whether job applicants honestly believe that identifying details should not be disclosed to potential employers (Tafep job application guidelines are unrealistic, Jan 23)....
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 13 January 2020.
The Ministry of Manpower's gender pay gap report reinforces several hard truths (Adjusted gender pay gap narrows over more than a decade, Jan 10).
Among them is the finding that the labour force participation r...
Participate in a study on the career effects of sexual harassment on working women in Singapore!
Who can join?
We are currently looking for individuals who identify as women, aged 20 to 65 years.
They must have experienced sexual harassment at work in the past five years.
Preferably,...
Stand Together Festival presents a special performance of Crazy Poor Sita by Sharul Channa, Singapore's first full-time female stand-up comedian! If you missed this sold-out show when it debuted back in March, here's a new chance to catch it—as well as an exclusive post-show discussion with ...
