AWARE Executive Director Corinna Lim spoke yesterday at the Institute of Policy Studies’ 35th Anniversary Conference, as part of the panel “Revisiting Pluralism”. Corinna’s remarks were made in her personal capacity, but we are reprinting the transcript of her comments below, with ...
What are some misconceptions amongst Singapore students regarding sexuality education? What is something about sex ed that you wish you had known earlier? What’s missing from Singapore’s mainstream sexuality education syllabus?
On 7 September 2022, AWARE hosted Declassify Sex Ed!, a Zoom ...
Written by Varsha Sivaram
Trigger warning: This recap includes discussion of sexual assault and discrimination against LGBTQ people.
On 28 July 2022, around 50 people attended the virtual discussion “Queer Violence, Queer Silence: LGBTQ persons’ experience of sexual assault”.
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This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2022.
On the heels of a widely criticised sexuality education blunder at Hwa Chong Institution, and subsequent public conversation about sex ed in Singapore, gender-equality group AWARE today debuted “Sex Ed, Declassified”, ...
Sexual violence against LGBTQ persons has long been overlooked. This panel explores how to break the silence.
While the MeToo movement has empowered more survivors of sexual violence to speak out, an important segment of society has been left out of those conversations: the LGBTQ population. This...
The landmark White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development, launched on 28 March 2022, has sparked a flurry of responses from the Singapore public, running the gamut from excitement to disappointment.
Accordingly, AWARE held an informal virtual town hall on Thursday, 14 April 2022, to allow ...
This post was originally published as a press release on 29 July 2021.
29 July 2021 - Implement comprehensive sexuality education covering consent, violence and gender roles in all schools in Singapore. Place a legal obligation on employers to address workplace harassment. Impose a temporary,...
Saga is a limited-series podcast about the 2009 AWARE Saga, hosted by Bharati Jagdish and written and produced by Jasmine Ng and Kelly Leow. For Saga, the creative team interviewed 50 individuals about their role in the AWARE Saga and their observations about its legacy in Singapore.
One of t...
Saga is a limited-series podcast about the 2009 AWARE Saga, hosted by Bharati Jagdish and written and produced by Jasmine Ng and Kelly Leow. For Saga, the creative team interviewed 50 individuals about their role in the AWARE Saga and their observations about its legacy in Singapore.
One of t...
