Foreign domestic workers (FDWs) are facing unique challenges as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore.
AWARE and Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) have been studying the role FDWs play in providing eldercare in Singapore since 2019, and wanted to see how the pa...
Gender and the Coronavirus
Few communities around the world have remained unscathed from the global COVID-19 outbreak. Yet the pandemic underscores the already stark inequalities experienced by women (and so many other vulnerable people), in areas such as unemployment, housing, caregiving and do...
This letter was originally published in The Straits Times on 5 March 2020.
Employment agencies of foreign domestic workers (FDWs) should provide more clarity and transparency on the services they provide, accompanied by a fee breakdown.
The discussion about the lack of fee ...
We all know the woes of Singapore's ageing population, and the heavy burden of caregiving falling upon younger generations. But have you ever considered how gender factors into this?
Unequal gender norms disproportionately task women with the responsibility of caregiving for older persons in ...
We are hiring interviewers for our next qualitative research project, which explores the role of migrant domestic workers in providing eldercare in Singapore.
Interview details:
Each interview will be one hour long and conducted at a time and place of the respondent's convenience.
In...
We are interested in interviewing live-in migrant domestic workers currently employed to provide care for an older person in the household (above the age of 65), by Singaporean/PR family caregivers or the care recipients themselves. We will be conducting qualitative interviews with migrant domestic...
You are a Singaporean who has been presented with a great career opportunity in Australia. You decide to take it—though it means leaving your ageing parents behind at home. Yet as your parents grow frailer, and their care needs increase, how will you make sure they are sufficiently looked after ...
Written by Nanthini d/o T Sambanthan, AWARE intern
On the evening of Wednesday, 16 January, AWARE had the privilege of hosting “The Untold History of Singapore's Indian Women”, a talk by Constance Singam, former AWARE President and civil rights activist. The sold-out talk was moderated by Ran...
You are invited to attend a talk by Constance Singam, activist, author and former AWARE president, on the untold story of Singapore's Indian women.
'Little has been documented about the history of women in Singapore, and even less has been said about our Indian women.
Did you know, for ins...
