This post was originally published as a press release on 20 September 2022.
Around 1 in 2 workers in Singapore experienced workplace discrimination in the past five years, reveals a new survey by gender equality group AWARE in partnership with consumer research company Milieu Insight.
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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 op-ed was originally published in the Business Times on December 17 2021.
MELISSA* (name changed to protect her identity) had just started work as a senior manager at a multinational corporation (MNC) when she began to be harassed by the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. The CEO...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on October 4 2021.
The recent allegations made against BooksActually's founder Kenny Leck have foregrounded the many structural issues that make start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) vulnerable to workplace harassment an...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on September 29 2021.
I agree with Forum writer Kristine Lam that more needs to be done to tackle family violence in Singapore (More can be done to deal with issue of family violence here, Sept 22).
Enhancing societal support and laws w...
This op-ed was originally published in The Straits Times on April 15 2021.
A recent survey by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry had a significant and alarming finding: two in five female respondents have experienced gender discrimination in the workplace compared with o...
This letter was posted in Today on 14 March 2021.
The Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) is dismayed by the policy change on employment criteria for dependant’s pass holders in Singapore, where they will have to apply for a work pass to be hired here rather than on a Letter of...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 12 March 2021.
We hope that the Government will continue to engage with low-wage workers in Singapore, including workers with no formal contracts or employee benefits (Better support for gig workers to be looked into, says DPM Heng, Feb...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 28 October 2020.
In the 2020 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index report, Singapore's pension system ranked top in Asia and seventh out of 39 systems assessed (Singapore retains top spot in Asia on retirement income index, Oc...
