This post was originally published as a press release on 14 February 2018.
Gender equality group AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research) and disability advocacy group DPA (Disabled People’s Association) have called for stronger protection against employment discrimination in a joi...
This post was originally published as a press release on 22 November 2017 and posted on the SG CEDAW Coalition website.
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The United Nations’ CEDAW committee has repeated its recommendation that Singapore include in its Constitution or laws a definition and prohibition of all...
CEDAW, adopted by the United Nations in 1979, defines discrimination against women and sets an agenda for nations to end inequitable laws, policies and practices. Every few years, Singapore reports to the UN on its progress in achieving gender equality, and NGOs are also invited to offer informa...
Due to popular demand, AWARE, Aidha and HOME are organising another set of screenings of Remittance, a powerful film telling the story of Marie, a foreign domestic worker in Singapore, and her struggles to cope with demanding employers, long hours of work and separation from her family. Th...
An edited version of this letter was published in The Straits Times on 10 November 2016.
The latest changes to conditions for Speaker’s Corner events and indoor assemblies suggest a troubling closing off to different perspectives (“Keeping domestic issues for locals”, 1 Nov).
Citizens ha...
This article was first published in The Straits Times on 14 June 2016.
The Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) recent statement on foreign sponsorship for Pink Dot is troubling, not least because of the lack of clarity in the line between "local" and "foreign" ("'Foreign entities should not fun...
A guest blog post by Alison Kuah.
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Every four years, a UN Member State has its human rights record ‘peer reviewed’ by other states.
On 27 January 2016, the Singapore government sent an inter-agenc...
A guest blog post by Camille Neale
The newly launched Doing Good Great: Thirteen Asian Heroes and Their Causes by Willie Cheng, Sharifah Mohamed & Cheryl Tang (Epigram Books) celebrates the work of thirteen individuals in Asia, tracing their first steps in promoting social change, their motiv...
By Goh Li Sian, Research and Advocacy Coordinator, AWARE
We are troubled that the recently passed liquor control law has extended police powers to include discretionary strip searches for alcohol, with little public consultation in this regard ("New alcohol laws aimed at those who cause t...
