(Thanks to all who have come out in support of the move against the problematic Purple Light lyrics. Please take the time to read Fikri’s post and Nicholas Liu’s letter on this subject.)
Note: the post below contains examples of abusive language.
“Booking out, see my girlfriend
Saw her ...
By Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager, AWARE
The High Court judgment that “Victims of workplace attacks qualify for compensation” (Oct 25) means that the Work Injury Compensation Act (WICA) is not limited to accidental acts, as was previously thought.
In this case, o...
Quenyee Wong plays a grandmother in "Just A Bad Day". Here is what she has to say about her experience as an actor and what it means to be a Change Maker of the We Can! campaign.
For me, it truly was a tall order. Here was an email asking people with fu...
By Intan Wirayadi, Corinna Lim and Vivienne Wee
To eliminate WSH, all stakeholders must be engaged. Companies should adopt zero tolerance to WSH and instate policies, procedures and training for staff to deal with this. AWARE has provided training to 36 companies, at their request, on how to han...
Last year, AWARE commissioned a group of final year Ngee Ann Polytechnic students to conduct a survey on public attitudes towards violence against women.
This roundtable discussion will highlight the survey findings and recommendations on the issue.
Some of the issues that will be raised in th...
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Does your workplace have a clear sexual harassment policy in place and provide adequate training for managers to deal with such situations? If the answer is no, be part of the solution. Share what you learn in this cour...
By Sahar Pirzada and Asiyah Arif
One Billion Rising is a global strike - encouraging men and women around the world to take to the streets on V-day, singing, dancing, lighting a candle, to demand an end to violence against women. We wanted to stand up and be counted too.
At 1:00pm on Valenti...
As part of our International Womens Day celebration, AWARE and Daughters of Tomorrow (DOT) are holding a screening of Miss Representation. Miss Representation is a highly acclaimed US documentary that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was the winner of the Audience award at the 2011...
Last month, AWARE released a 70 page report on workplace sexual harassment highlighting the inadequacies of the current system in protecting employees from harassment and providing due recourse to victims.
The report is based on the experiences of victims who approached AWARE for support. Some ...
